Worms Cathedral

East facade

The spacious Cathedral of St. Peter is the principal church and chief building of Worms, and ranks beside those of Speyer and Mainz among the finest Romanesque churches of the Rhine. This magnificent basilica, with four round towers, two large domes, and a choir at each end, has a specially imposing exterior, though the impression produced by the interior is also one of great dignity and simplicity, heightened by the natural color of the red sandstone of which it is built. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2112x2816, 1255 KB) Description: Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Worms Doom Date: 2005-05-27 photographer: Heidas Wikipedia account All pictures Please use this discussion page See also: b, c File links The following pages link to this file: Worms, Germany Rhine Neckar... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2112x2816, 1255 KB) Description: Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Worms Doom Date: 2005-05-27 photographer: Heidas Wikipedia account All pictures Please use this discussion page See also: b, c File links The following pages link to this file: Worms, Germany Rhine Neckar... Worm can refer to: The worm, a collection of animal phyla. ... Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx. ... Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Romanesque St. ... At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... St. ... Sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ...

Only the ground plan and the lower part of the western towers belong to the original building consecrated in 1110. The remainder was mostly finished by 1181, but the west choir and the vaulting were built in the 13th century, the elaborate south portal was added in the 14th century, and the central dome has been rebuilt. In architecture, a vault is an arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. ...

The ornamentation of the older parts is simple to the verge of rudeness; and even the more elaborate later forms show no high development of workmanship. The baptistery contains five remarkable stone reliefs of the late 15th century. In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Latin baptisterium) is the separate centrally-planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. ...

The cathedral is 358 feet long, and 89 feet wide, or including the transepts, which are near the west end, 118 feet (inside measurements). Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ...

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