Charlemagne's victory over the saracens at córdoba in 801 the franks conquered barcelona and in 806 founded the spanish march south of the pyrenees. Historical painting by alfred rethel in the former coronation hall of the aachen town hall. Note: historicizing pictures like this one should not be seen as factually accurate representations of real events, but rather document the view (and possibly also the wishful thinking) of later eras. Like others, this photo is taken from a popular scientific work from the time of wilhelm ii, whose official historiography attributed considerable importance to figures like charlemagne in the apology for the hohenzollern rule. Book scan by wolpertinger - license: public domain ancillary copyright expired.
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