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Karlsschrein

shrine of Charlemagne in Aachen Cathedral
VisualArtwork Reliquary Q1551658

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
reliquary, reliquary[3]
Inception
1215[5]
Country
Germany[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.775°, 6.084°
Collection
Aachen Cathedral[4]
Contains
human skeleton[10]
Described by source
Wikidata item[6]
Height
+94[8]
Image harvest run
pdhero-20261109T102226Z
Image last checked license
CC BY-SA 3.0
Image unavailable reason
no_pd_license
Length
+204[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Aachen[1]
Width
+57[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Karlsschrein en Shrine of Charlemagne fr Châsse de Charlemagne fr Karlsschrein ja カールのシュライン nl Karelsschrijn tr Şarlman sandukası
🔖 Identifiers · 8
VIAF cluster ID
193946898
GND ID
4204512-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
AC Dom Karlsschrein2.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
17174260n
Freebase ID
/m/0zdnywp
Mapcarta ID
N4954347519
Mapy.com ID
osm&id=1049050659
OpenStreetMap node ID
4954347519

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
reliquary, reliquary
Belongs to 1
Aachen Cathedral
Collection 1
Aachen Cathedral
Contains 1
human skeleton
Country 1
Germany
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Aachen
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  4. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . icomos.de. icomos.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1215-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → reliquary, reliquary
    Contains → human skeleton
    Width → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+57'}
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: Add the German name enwiki and itwiki keep in ru, da and ro, as ru:Сокровищница Ахенского собора gives it in parentheses, with its R"
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