Spiraling Down in Speyer, Germany

Speyer is a charming city on the west bank of the Rhine River. Its splendid medieval core is dominated by a magnificent 11th-century cathedral, the resting place of German emperors for 300 years and one of Europe’s greatest expressions of Romanesque architecture. Speyer was erected as a diocese at some point in the fourth century, a local Catholic bishop being mentioned for the first time in…