Bamberger Dom
Bamberger Dom – The Bamberger Dom, officially the Kaiserdom St. Peter und St. Georg (Imperial Cathedral of St. Peter and St. George), is one of the most important Romanesque cathedrals in Germany and a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the historic center of Bamberg. Founded by Emperor Henry II in 1004 and consecrated in 1012, the current cathedral was rebuilt after a fire and reconsecrated in 1237, displaying a transitional style between late Romanesque and early Gothic architecture. The cathedral is renowned for housing extraordinary medieval sculptures, most notably the famous Bamberg Rider (Bamberger Reiter), a masterpiece of 13th-century sculpture whose identity remains a mystery, and the elaborate tomb of Pope Clement II (the only papal tomb north of the Alps). The cathedral also contains the tombs of Emperor Henry II and his wife Empress Kunigunde, created by Tilman Riemenschneider. The Bamberger Dom is particularly celebrated for the Bamberg Rider (c. 1235), considered one of the masterpieces of medieval sculpture; Tilman Riemenschneider’s tomb of Emperor Henry II and Empress Kunigunde (1499-1513); the tomb of Pope Clement II; and its four distinctive towers that dominate Bamberg’s skyline.
