Towards the cathedral
Showing posts with label cathedral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cathedral. Show all posts
2010-11-05
Saardom - Saarland's “Cathedral”
The state of Saarland has no offical cathedral; in the Catholic church, it belongs to the diocese of Trier, in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz. However, the small town of Dillingen has Saarland's tallest church, earning it the “cathedral” nickname.
2010-03-17
To the cathedral
From Wikipedia: Begun in 1030 under Conrad II, the imposing triple-aisled vaulted basilica of red sandstone is the "culmination of a design which was extremely influential in the subsequent development of Romanesque architecture during the 11th and 12th centuries". As the burial site for Salian, Staufer and Habsburg emperors and kings the cathedral is regarded as a symbol of imperial power.With the Abbey of Cluny in ruins, it remains the largest Romanesque church. It is considered to be “a turning point in European architecture”, one of the most important architectural monuments of its time and one of the finest Romanesque monuments.
In 1981, the cathedral was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List of culturally important sites as "a major monument of Romanesque art in the German Empire"
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