Worms - Dom St-Peter - Romanesque ca. 1018 on the site of possibly an ancient Roman temple and site of an earlier Merovingian chapel; orients South-East; dedicated to St Peter. This is the NW facade.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Looking at the SE facade from behind.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Stairwell on the southern facade.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - southern facade
Worms - Dom St-Peter - southern facade under reconstruction
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Gothic archway on the entrace to the chapel of St Nicholas (patron saint of sailors - see the boat?)
Worms - Dom St-Peter - plaque on southern facade.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Gothic-styled windowing on the southern facade
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Southern portal, Christ riding on the tetramorph (four symbols of the apostles in one animal)
Worms - Dom St-Peter - jambs of the southern portal.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - tympanum (?) over the southern portal
Worms - Dom St-Peter - plaque on the southern facade.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Dome over the high altar
Worms - Dom St-Peter - View to a side aisle wall.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Vaulting over the chapel of our lady.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Dome with groined vaulting next to the ribbed vaulting of the nave. Neat contrast.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Ribbed vaulting
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Dome and upper gallery
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Left aisle; epitaph for the following picture.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Left aisle; monumental statue dedicated to... I liked this because of the vivid imagery.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Grave marker for a bishop.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Tree of Jesse
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Familiar image of Christ triumphant.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - High altar
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Evidence of the removed altar railings. Wonder where they went?? :)
Worms - Dom St-Peter- Hey could this be the missing altar railing?
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Fuzzy picture of the choir stalls from 1755/59. These were made for canons.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Choir stalls from 1755/59.These were made for canons.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - late Romanesque wall painting of St Christopher. I guess the story goes that if you looked at images of St. Christopher once a day you'd be protected from dying that day. Sometimes his statue is displayed on the entrance to cathedrals for this reason. Here he is shown so large that you cannot miss him.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - late gothic statue of the Virgin Mary. Alas, I didn't want to be naughty and use flash so this came out a bit dark.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Pulpit
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Tomb of Bishop Buchard I, who consecrated the church in 1018.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Reliquary of St Nicholas of Bari.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Baptismal font
Worms - Dom St-Peter- Mosaics in the baptistry
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Plaque explaining the stained glass windows
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Stained glass
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Floor vents of crypt
Worms - Dom St-Peter- Entrance to the crypt
Worms - Dom St-Peter - plaques commemorating Conrad II's relatives buried in the crypt. Conrad II is buried in the Salian crypt at Speyer.
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Worms - Dom St-Peter - Explanation of who is buried in the crypt
Worms - Dom St-Peter - The crypt and the relatives of Conrad II. From the bottom to top :Count Heinrich von Speyer (father to Conrad II), Judith (Paternal grandmother - married to Otto von Worms), Conrad (Paternal uncle), Mathilda (daughter of Conrad II).
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Closeup of Judith of bavaria's (paternal grandmother) grave.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Crypt - Closeup of Mathilda's (Conrad II's daughter) grave.
Worms - Dom St-Peter - Crypt - From bottom to top: Conrad the Red (Great-grandfather of Conrad II), Bishop Azecho, Older grave (not Salien related), Mathilda (Paternal aunt-in-law), Judith (sister of Conrad II).
Worms - Luther monument unfortunately under renovation.
Worms - Sam in the garden of the Luther monument
Worms - Peter Waldes monument
Worms - Judenfriedhof (Jewish Cemetery). Oldest in Europe ca 1076-1911
Worms - Judenfriedhof plaque
