12. Jh.
12th-century console with statue from 1457
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2015, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
Upper and Lower Chapel
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg, Castle
photo 2011, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
View into the Lower Chapel
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2008, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
View through the hall into the tower choir from west to east
photo 2011, Pablo de la Riestra
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
12. Jh.
Cross-view through the Upper Castle Chapel from southwest to northeast
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2008, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
Cross view through the Upper Castle Chapel from northwest to southeast
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2008, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
Upper Castle Chapel, capital of the southeastern pillar
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2011, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
Substructure of the imperial gallery
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2011, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
Pillar of the imperial gallery
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2011, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
Pillar capital of the imperial gallery
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2008, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
Chapel with "Heathen Tower"
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2009, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
"Heidenturm" von Osten, backsteinerne Erhöhung wohl um 1300, Zeltdach von 1566 Kapelle der Kaiserburg Nürnberg, Burg Konsole mit Bestie, spätes 12. Jh. 154 "Heathen Tower" from the east, brick elevation probably around 1300, tent roof from 1566
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2011, Pablo de la Riestra
12. Jh.
Console with beast, late 12th century
Erected under Frederick Barbarossa and probably completed before his death in 1190. From the outside, it stands out due to its square chancel tower, called the "Heidenturm" (Heathen Tower). This name refers to the supposedly "pagan" content of the heavily weathered Romanesque figures. The chapel is a two-story building on a distorted square of three by three bays and a square chancel: below, the Margaret Chapel for the lower ranks (later for the Teutonic Order), above, the Imperial Chapel for the court as a "hall church" with slender round pillars. The imperial family stood on a west gallery, a kind of third story.
Location: Nuremberg Castle
photo 2011, Pablo de la Riestra
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