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Three
dates
(c.
1020–1030
beginning
of
construction,
1061
completed
in
first
form,
1106
completed
second
final
phase
of
construction
after
reconstruction
began
in
1080),
three
emperors
(Conrad
II
-
beginning,
Henry
III
-
first
phase,
Henry
IV
-final),
three
fires
(1159
the
first
big
fire,
1450
the
cathedral
was
completely
burned
out,
a
big
fire
and
the
almost
complete
destruction
of
the
building
in
1689),
one
of
the
largest
buildings
of
its
time,
one
of
the
largest
Romanesque
churches
of
our
time.
All
this
is
united
by
one
name,
one
cathedral
on
the
banks
of
the
Rhine.
Planned
and
fully
built
before
the
first
crusade,
it
must
have
captured
the
imagination
of
contemporaries
and
still
captures
our
imagination.
Serves
as
a
tomb
for
four
kings
and
four
emperors,
serves
as
a
place
for
the
coronation
of
kings
and
emperors.
It's
all
you,
Speyer
Cathedral!
There
are
not
many
places
in
the
world
that
have
influenced
the
development
of
all
mankind.
And
this
place
is
definitely
one
of
them.
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