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Speyer
Cathedral
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Table of contents

• -Persons
• -Evolution
• - When?
• - Why?
• -The Exterior of the Cathedral
• -The Nave
• -The Aisles
• -Style of the cathedral
• - Hours of opening
• - Reference

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Persons

• -Salians Frankish aristocracy house in the
• Holy Roman Empire at the
• 10.- 12. century
• -Henry IV German emperor (1050-1106)
• -Conrad II King of the Holy Roman Empire
• (990-1039)

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Evolution

• When
• -1030 Foundation stone
• -1061 Inauguration
• -1080 Rebuilding by Henry IV.
• -1160 Completition of the cathedral and death
  year of Henry IV.
• -1700 Destruction of the West End through the
  Frenchmen
• -1750 Enough money to rebuild the cathedral

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Why

• -Underscore their claim to power
• -Conrad and his wife want to build the biggest
• cathedral in their terretorium

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The Exterior of the Cathedral

• View from the west
• -3 towers
• -basilican nave
• -octagonal crossing tower
• -the roof from the octagonal
• crossing tower was given
• during the baroque period

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The Nave

• -70m long, 13,8m wide
• and 33m high
• -longest room of the
• cathedral
• -11 massive pillars on
• on both sides

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The Aisles

• -one long side of each
• aisle is formed by the
• pillars of the nave
• -there are now the
• sepulchral monuments
• ( before they were in the exterier south wall
• of the cathedral)

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Style of the cathedral

• Romanic (features)
• -clarity,geometric strictness
• -massive building
• -little windows
• -round arches
• -cushion capitals

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• Hours of opening
• 1.4 - 31.10 Mo-Fr 9.00 h - 19.00 h
• Sa 9.00 h -18.00 h
• Su 13.30 h -18.00 h
• 1.11 31.3 9.00 h - 17.00 h
• Service
• Su 7.00h 8.30h 10.00h 18.00h
• (No Inspection)

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Reference

• Text
• -www.wikipedia.org
• -www.dom-speyer.de
• -newspaper(Rheinpfalz)
• from 9.9.2006
• -Flyer (Dombauverein Speyer)

• Pictures
• -www.wikipedia.org
• -www.google.de
• (Bildersuche)

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Thank you for your attention!!!
Sandra Groß Daniel Huber