The town of Lorsch in Hesse, Germany, hosts the renowned Königshalle. Apart from the Gothic gables and a few relics of past repairs and completion, this gatehouse is one of the very rare buildings from the Carolingian era whose original appearance is intact. The abbey was founded in 764 by the Frankish Count Cancor as a proprietary church and monastery on his estate. It became a place of pilgrimage after obtaining the body of Saint Nazarius.
Unesco: Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
RR: Unesco RR
Date: May 11
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