Speyer Cathedral is a Romanesque cathedral in the city of Speyer in southwestern Germany, on the Rhine, and the largest surviving Romanesque church in Europe. The building was started in about 1030 by the emperor Conrad II, the first of the Salian dynasty, who wanted a great burial church for himself and his successors, and it was consecrated in 1061. Under his grandson Henry IV, it was remodelled and enlarged from about 1080 onwards, with the addition of a new vaulted nave. Eight German kings and emperors are buried in its crypt. It suffered damage in the fires and wars of later centuries and was heavily restored. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1981.
Before and after
- 1077Rise of Anushtegin dynasty
- from 1077 to 1307Sultanate of Rum
- from 1079 to 1318House of Hohenstaufen
- 1079Birth of Peter Abelard
- 1080Construction of Speyer Cathedral
- from 1081 to 1185Komnenos
- 1086William the Conqueror's survey: the Domesday Book
- 9 September 1087Death of William the Conqueror
- 1088Construction of Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
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