Speyer

About

Speyer Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral of St.Mary and St. Stephen, is the world’s largest surviving Romanesque church. Its huge triple-naved vaulted basilica is the central element in a design that greatly influenced Romanesque architecture in the 11th and 12th centuries. Its fully-preserved crypt is also the largest Romanesque columned hall in Europe. Size really does matter in Speyer Cathedral. Apart from the largest body-count of Holy Roman Emperors and kings under the high altar, it boasts the monster Cathedral Bowl outside the main door. With a capacity of 1,560 litres, every new bishop has had to fill it with wine as a gift to the people. So it should come as no surprise that the Speyer Technic Museum has the biggest Space Exhibition in Europe, with original and replica copies of Russian and American spacecraft, and a new Moon-themed area. Elsewhere in the museum you can inspect an original jumbo jet, a submarine and have hands-on technological experiences.