Speyer Cathedral

World Heritage

Germany

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Speyer Cathedral is a rectangular church with four towers and two domes, built by Conrad II in 1030 and rebuilt at the end of the 11th century. It is one of the most important Romanesque buildings of the Holy Roman Empire. For nearly 300 years, the cathedral was the burial place of German emperors.

# Romanesque architecture

# German Emperor

Plan in the 19th century revealing the 'double-bay' system of vaulting

Wiener Zeichnung (Vienna Sketch, 1610) showing Gothic addition to northern side

Speyer Cathedral

Speyer Cathedral from the south

The crypt of Speyer Cathedral

Double chapel of Saint Emmeram and Saint Catherine, upper level with opening to the bottom

Speyer before 1750, revealing damage caused in 1689

Layout of the crypt of Speyer Cathedral

View showing the original westwork in 1606

Heidentürmchen

1061

Architectural details of the nave, and paintings by Johann Schraudolph

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Information extracted from Wikidata

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category for the interior of the item	Livingstone
category for the view from the item	columnar basalt
uses	4134276-8
country	Germany
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image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aerial%20photograph%20Speyer%20Cathedral.jpg
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Speyer-Dom-07-von%20Nordosten-gje.jpg
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SpeyererDom%20vonSuedWesten.JPG
instance of	Imperial Cathedral
instance of	Lindenallee
architect	Sinj
executive body	Speyer Cathedral
ground level 360 degree view	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kaiser-%20und%20Mariendom%20zu%20Speyer.jpg
industry	Dom_zu_Speyer
number of rooms	lccn-n84091781
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0c0ssd
Commons category	Speyer Cathedral
patron saint	Stephen
inception	1080-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(8.4425 49.317222)
diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer
length	134
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
nighttime view	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kaiser-%20und%20Mariendom%20zu%20Speyer.jpg
Catholic rite	Roman Rite

official website	http://www.dom-zu-speyer.de/
language of work or name	German
start time	1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Speyer Cathedral