Scenic aerial view at the Speyer Cathedral with the Domnapf in front of the portal. (South view)
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) has been added in 1981 to the UNESCO World Heritage List of culturally important sites as "a major monument of Romanesque art in the German Empire". The church has been ordered by emperor Conrad II as the largest church of the world in 1025. It was also supposed to be his last resting place. Start of the constructions took place in 1030. Nearly completed, the cathedral was consecrated in 1061. Complete list of eight emperors and kings and a number of their wives: Conrad II (died 1039) and his wife Gisela (died 1043) Henry III (died 1056), son of Conrad II. Henry IV (died 1106), son of Henry III, and his wife Bertha (died 1087) Henry V (died 1125), son of Henry IV. Beatrice I (died 1184), second wife of Frederick Barbarossa and their daughter Agnes King Philipp of Swabia (died 1208), son of Frederick Barbarossa King Rudolph of Habsburg (died 1291) King Adolph of Nassau (died 1298) King Albert I of Germany (died 1308), son of Rudolph of Habsburg Dimensions of the cathedral Total length: 134 m External width of the nave (with aisles): m Internal width of the nave: 14 m Height of the nave at the vertex of the vaults: 33 m Height of the eastern spires: m Height of the western spires: m Crypt Length: east-west 35 m; north-south 46 m Height: between m and m
Size: 7241px × 4829px
Location: Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Photo credit: © Johannes Oehl / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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