Speyer

Speyer Cathedral
UNESCO-World Heritage since 1981

Speyer’s magnificent Romanesque imperial cathedral is the town's famous landmark, visible for miles around. Built by emperors as their choice of final resting place, it symbolises their enormous power. The cathedral was not dedicated until 1061, although building work began
under the Salian Emperor Konrad II around 1030.

One of the largest and most important Romanesque buildings in Germany, Speyer’s imperial cathedral is laid out in the form of a Latin cross and is where the Salian emperors chose to be entombed.

The imposing triple-naved vaulted basilica is the culmination of a design which was extremely influential in the subsequent development of Romanesque architecture during the 11th and 12th centuries.

The cathedral’s hallmarks are the balanced distribution of its east and west ends and the symmetrical arrangement of four towers at the corners of the body of the structure formed by the nave and
transept.

Route Suggestion
From Trier to Völklingen and Lorsch, via Speyer to Maulbronn