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    Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae (German: Dom zu Unserer...
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    oldest cities. Speyer Cathedral, a number of other churches, and the Altpörtel ("old gate") dominate the Speyer landscape. In the cathedral, beneath the...
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  • the construction of Speyer Cathedral, today one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In 1076, Emperor Henry IV embarks from Speyer, his favourite town...
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    Switzerland Germany, Speyer Cathedral France, Autun Cathedral France, Angoulême Cathedral England, Ely Cathedral Spain, Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela...
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    turrets remained from the first cathedral. These changes closely resembled the renovations Henry had overseen on Speyer Cathedral a few years earlier. Henry...
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    the cathedral nods to Romanesque architecture of the Holy Roman Empire, most notably to the abbey church in Hildesheim and the Speyer Cathedral. The...
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    Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (category Burials at Speyer Cathedral)
    Aribo in Mainz Cathedral on 8 September 1024 at the age of 34. To mark his election, Conrad commissioned the construction of Speyer Cathedral, near his ancestral...
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    The Prince-Bishopric of Speyer, formerly known as Spires in English, (German: Hochstift Speyer, Fürstbistum Speyer, Bistum Speyer) was an ecclesiastical...
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    overstatement of previously unknown sacral kingship. So during this reign Speyer Cathedral was expanded to be the largest church in Western Christendom. Henry's...
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    Nicolaus von Weis (category Roman Catholic bishops of Speyer)
    was pastor at Dudenhofen (1820–22), canon at the Speyer Cathedral (1822–37), and dean of the cathedral (1837–42). During this time he was said to have...
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