Germany’s Speyer Cathedral is officially known as the imperial ... had begun in 1030 under Konrad II and is laid out in the form of a cross — the choir represents Christ’s head while the ...

it stands out among all contemporary and later Romanesque churches in Germany, and it had a profound influence on the pattern of their ground plans and vaulting. Today – after the destruction of the ...

What's good about it? Quaint and quiet, on the west bank of the Rhine, Speyer is dominated by a Romanesque imperial cathedral, the burial place of some of Europe's most notable Holy Roman emperors.