GERMANY #22 Direct Swap

Seligenstadt’s most important building is the Einhard-Basilika with Saints Marcellinus’s and Peter’s relics. Since 1925 it has borne the honorary title of minor basilica, bestowed by Pope Pius XI. Although the building was heavily modified over the centuries, this is nonetheless one of the most impressive basilicas with a basic Carolingian structure north of the Alps.The Benedictine monastery, dissolved in 1803, that abuts this on the south with its Baroque wings and broad estate and garden complexes has been fully restored. Seligenstadt had its first documentary mention on 11 January 815 in a donation document, under its then current name of Obermühlheim. The town was founded by Charlemagne’s biographer Einhard. 

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