Speyer – Romanesque Cathedral (UNESCO), Barbarossa, Jewish Mikvah

Walking tour of Speyer. Roman settlement, the residence of the bishop, the Cathedral of Speyer in 1030 in the Romanesque style (under UNESCO protection). The family nest of the Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa, the crusades, the route of Christian pilgrims. Of great importance in the medieval history of Europe in the 16th century is the place of 5 imperial congresses of German princes and elections of the Holy Roman Emperor of the German nation. The ruin of Speyer in the 17th century - the wars of religious and French King Louis XIV. The Jewish history of Speyer, the excavation of the oldest in Europe (12th century) and the well-preserved Jewish ritual bath-mikva, Speyer, Worms and Mainz - a triad of Ashkenazi cities - 2.5 hours.