From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Odo of Metz
Odo of Metz
Inside view of the Palatine Chapel, by Odo of Metz. Oratory of Germigny-des-Prés, by Odo of Metz
Oto, Odo, Odon)
Eudes (also Oto Odo Odon of Metz (742–814) was an Odo of Metz is credited as the architect of Charle-
architect who lived during Charlemagne’s reign in the magne’s Palace of Aachen with the Palatine Chapel, in
Carolingian Empire, and is the earliest known architect Aachen.
born north of the Alps.
His Carolingian architecture with polygonal plans
and elaborate elevations of the buildings he created are
a reminiscence of the Basilica of San Vitale of Ravenna See also
and religious buildings of the Near East. It is unknown • Carolingian art
whether he saw these buildings himself, or only drawings • Carolingian Renaissance
of them. • Germigny-des-Prés
Odo had a large technical knowledge from De architec-
tura by Vitruvius, as many Carolingian Renaissance era
manuscripts of this Vitruvius’s works exist.
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Categories: Medieval architects, German architects, Carolingian architecture, 742 births, 814 deaths, German architect
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