Speyer Cathedral

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Architecture · 1030–1061 · Speyer · Europe

The largest surviving Romanesque church and burial place of German emperors

Speyer Cathedral — Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Romanesque — Thick walls, round arches and stone vaults: a fortress-church for pilgrims
Century: 11th century

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