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Echternach

The oldest town of Luxembourg, grown around Willibrord's abbey and its famous scriptorium.

Dated events and their evidence

• 698 CE mainstream
  Willibrord founds the abbey; the town grows around it source
• 1000 CE mainstream
  the scriptorium's renown; the Echternach Gospels (around 700-1000) source
• 2010 CE mainstream
  UNESCO intangible heritage: the dancing procession of Whit Tuesday source

Where

49.8120° N, 6.4220° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echternach
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echternach_Gospels
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_procession_of_Echternach

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