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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Speyer Cathedral' has mentioned 'Cathedral' in the following places:
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| For a cathedral in Linz, see New Cathedral, Linz. | WIKI |
| Speyer CathedralThe Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St StephenGerman: Dom zu Unserer lieben Frau in SpeyerLocationSpeyerCountryGermanyDenominationRoman CatholicWebsiteWebsite of the CathedralHistoryFounded1030Founder(s)Konrad IIConsecrated1061ArchitectureFunctional statusCathedralHeritage designationUNESCO World Heritage SiteStyleRomanesqueAdministrationDioceseDiocese of SpeyerClergyBishop(s)Karl-Heinz Wiesemann UNESCO World Heritage SiteTypeCulturalCriteriaiiDesignated1981 (5th session)Referencexc2xa0no.168State PartyGermanyRegionEurope and North America | WIKI |
| Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae (German: Dom zu Unserer lieben Frau in Speyer) in Speyer, Germany, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Speyer and is suffragan to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamberg. | WIKI |
| The cathedral, which is dedicated to St. Mary, patron saint of Speyer ("Patrona Spirensis") and St. Stephen is generally known as the Kaiserdom zu Speyer (Imperial Cathedral of Speyer). | WIKI |
| [2] As the burial site for Salian, Staufer and Habsburg emperors and kings the cathedral is regarded as a symbol of imperial power. | WIKI |
| In 1981, the cathedral was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List of culturally important sites as "a major monument of Romanesque art in the German Empire". | WIKI |
| [15] Neither Conrad II, nor his son Henry III, were to see the cathedral completed. | WIKI |
| Conrad II died in 1039 and was buried in the cathedral while it was still under construction; Henry III was laid next to him in 1056. | WIKI |
| Nearly completed, the cathedral was consecrated in 1061. | WIKI |
| The nave was covered with a flat wooden ceiling but the aisles were vaulted, making the cathedral the second largest vaulted building north of the Alps (after Aachen Cathedral). | WIKI |
| Around 1090, Conrad's grandson, Emperor Henry IV, conducted an ambitious reconstruction in order to enlarge the cathedral. | WIKI |
| In the course of these modifications the cathedral was equipped with an external dwarf gallery, an arcaded gallery recessed into the thickness of the walls, and which is a natural development of the blind arcade. | WIKI |
| "The cathedral re-emerged in a more sculptural style typical of the prime of the Romanesque period. | WIKI |
| The expanded cathedral, Speyer II, was completed in 1106, the year of Henry's IV death. | WIKI |
| [4] The building became a political issue: the enlargement of the cathedral in the small village of Speyer with only around 500 inhabitants was a blunt provocation for the papacy. | WIKI |
| The emperor not only laid claim to secular but also to ecclesiastical power, and with the magnificence and splendour of this cathedral he underlined this bold demand. | WIKI |
| It was only five years after his death that Henry IV's excommunication was revoked and his body was put to rest in his cathedral in 1111. | WIKI |
| In the following centuries the cathedral remained relatively unchanged. | WIKI |
| In a drawing of 1750 depicting the cathedral with the destroyed middle section the latter window is absent. | WIKI |
| The last ruler was put to rest in the cathedral in 1308, completing a list of eight emperors and kings and a number of their wives: | WIKI |
| In addition to these rulers the cathedral is the resting place of several of the ruler's wives and many of Speyer's bishops. | WIKI |
| Although repeatedly occupied and ransacked, town and cathedral survived the Thirty Years' War (1618xe2x80x931648) with little damage. | WIKI |
| During the Nine Years' War (Palatinate War of Succession 1688xe2x80x9397), the people of Speyer brought furniture and possessions into the cathedral, stacking everything several metres high hoping to save them from the French troops of Louis XIV marauding the town. | WIKI |
| In the great fire the Prince-Bishops of Speyer lost their residence and a plan was considered to build a new one in the style of a Baroque chxc3xa2teau in place of the cathedral. | WIKI |
| For almost a century only the eastern part of the cathedral was secured and used for services. | WIKI |
| The funds were not sufficient to rebuild the whole cathedral in the style of the time. | WIKI |
| In 1792 Speyer was again occupied, this time by French revolutionary troops, and once more the cathedral was pillaged. | WIKI |
| During the Napoleonic Wars (1803 to 1815) the cathedral was used as a stable and storage facility for fodder and other material. | WIKI |
| After the battle of Leipzig there were even more and the cathedral was needed as an army hospital. | WIKI |
| At the behest of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Johann von Schraudolph and Joseph Schwarzmann decorated the interior walls of the cathedral with Nazarene style frescoes (1846xe2x80x931853). | WIKI |
| 1854 to 1858, Ludwig's successor, King Maximilian II, had the Baroque westwork replaced by a Neo-Romanesque one, with the two tall towers and the octagonal dome resembling those that were lost, thus restoring the cathedral's overall Romanesque appearance. | WIKI |
| In 1916, Georg Dehio, a German art historian, was convinced that among all the misfortunes to befall the cathedral, the alterations of the 19th century were not the smallest. | WIKI |
| Some of the contents, e. g. clothing, can be seen at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate near the cathedral. | WIKI |
| The restoration of the cathedral, beginning in 1957 "was directed towards both securing the structure and recreating the original atmosphere of the interior". | WIKI |
| The exterior appearance of the cathedral is unified by the regularity of the size of its openings. | WIKI |
| The cathedral has recently undergone fundamental restorations, which cost around 26 million Euros. | WIKI |
| In addition the frescos by Johann Schraudolph, which were removed in the 1950s, were restored and are now displayed in the "Kaisersaal" of the cathedral. | WIKI |
| On the southern side of the cathedral is the double chapel (Doppelkapelle) of Saint Emmeram (Saint Martin) and Saint Catherine. | WIKI |
| On the northern side of the cathedral is the chapel of Saint Afra, named after an early Christian martyr. | WIKI |
| Initially there were five other chapels on the northern side of the cathedral: Saint Paul, Saint Agnes, Saint Bernhard, Saint Henry and Saint Mary. | WIKI |
| Saint Mary's chapel had been added on the northern side of the cathedral by Bishop Matthias von Rammung in 1475. | WIKI |
| The cathedral's peal is composed of nine bells of which the larger four were cast in 1822 by Peter Lindemann (Zweibrxc3xbccken) and the five smaller ones in 1963 by Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling (Heidelberg). | WIKI |
| They are all contained in the Cathedral belfry, located in the western dome. | WIKI |
| Originally, the cathedral was surrounded by numerous buildings. | WIKI |
| In the square at the western end of the cathedral is a large bowl known as Domnapf (lit. | WIKI |
| The Heidentxc3xbcrmchen is a remainder of the medieval town fortifications, a tower and a section of the wall, situated a little to the east of the cathedral. | WIKI |
| The Hall was built to the north of the cathedral to house the Roman findings in the cathedral area. | WIKI |
| The Cathedral was the burial place of the German emperors for almost 300 years. | UNESCO |
| The Cathedral is an expression and self-portrayal of the abundance of imperial power during the Salian period (1024 - 1125) and was built in conscious competition to the Abbey of Cluny as the building representative of the papal opposition. | UNESCO |
| The Cathedral incorporates the general layout of St Michael of Hildesheim and brings to perfection a type of plan that was adopted generally throughout the Rhineland. | UNESCO |
| In 1689 the Cathedral was seriously damaged by fire. | UNESCO |
| The property is legally protected under regional and national legislation and managed under the responsibility of the Cathedral Chapter by the Cathedral Construction Administration (Dombauamt). | UNESCO |
| The Cathedral is permanently maintained by the Cathedral Construction Administration. | UNESCO |