1294 1797 Imperial City, 1527 - 1689 seat of the Imperial Chamber Court, 1689 and 1793 devastated by the French, restored in 1771 and 1852. The cathedral, is a masterpiece of the German Romanesque "Imperial Style" (built 1030 - 1061); Eight kings/emperors and three empresses rest in the crypt (burial place of the Salians, Hohenstaufens, and Rudolf of Habsburg).
Sent by Yvonne from Germersheim in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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