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Aachen Cathedral

Also known as Aachener Dom, Imperial Cathedral

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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Aachen Cathedral is about 30 km east of Maastricht. The nearest other World Heritage site is The Great Spa Towns of Europe, about 35 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Maastricht · about 122,000 peopleabout 30 km west
  • Liège · about 749,000 peopleabout 40 km south-west
  • Hasselt · about 69,000 peopleabout 45 km north-west
  • Cologne · about 1,004,000 peopleabout 65 km east
  • Düsseldorf · about 1,220,000 peopleabout 70 km north-east
  • Bonn · about 681,000 peopleabout 70 km east
Aachen CathedralCologneLiègeBonnMaastrichtHasseltThe Great Spa Towns of EuropeAugustusburg and Falkenlust Pala…Cologne Cathedral20 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Aachen Cathedral and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesThe Great Spa Towns of Europe1Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces2Cologne Cathedral3Lower German Limes4Zollverein Coal Mine5Aachen Cathedral
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

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