Historical Museum of the Palatinate - KUR Project
Only in exceptional cases have imperial and royal garments still remained preserved. And even more rarely can they be attributed to a particular medieval ruler. Thus, the textile finds in the graves of the emperors and kings in the Speyer Cathedral were all the more significant. In 1900 an excavation commission of scientists and experts examined 18 graves in 18 days. They opened the sarcophagi and retrieved a large portion of the grave goods and a large number of fragments of precious grave textiles. The Federal Cultural Foundation is now supporting the scientific conservation of the grave finds of the Palatinate in Speyer. The results of the scientific examination will be presented publicly worldwide for the first time in the exhibition “The Salians. Power in Transition” starting from April 10, 2011.
Historical Museum of the Palatinate Speyer 06232/13250
www.museum.speyer.de
info(at)museum.speyer(dot)de
Memorial Church of the Protestation
The Memorial Church is the main church of the Evangelical Church in the Palatinate in Speyer and the Protestant answer to the cathedral.
Collegiate Church of Kaiserslautern
The Collegiate Church lies in the center of Kaiserslautern. And no one less than Emperor Barbarossa gave the signal to start building it.
Historical Museum of the Palatinate - Speyer
The treasure chambers of the Palatinate – from the Romans to the Modern Age.
Historical Museum of the Palatinate - KUR Project
The splendid garments from the graves of the Speyer Empire are being restored.
