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Chapel of the Imperial Castle

Chapel of the Imperial Castle 12th-century console with statue from 1457

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle Upper and Lower Chapel

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle View into the Lower Chapel

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle View through the hall into the tower choir from west to east

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle Cross-view through the Upper Castle Chapel from southwest to northeast

Chapel of the Imperial 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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle Cross view through the Upper Castle Chapel from northwest to southeast

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle Upper Castle Chapel, capital of the southeastern pillar

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle Substructure of the imperial gallery

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle Pillar of the imperial gallery

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle Pillar capital of the imperial gallery

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle Chapel with "Heathen Tower"

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle "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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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

Chapel of the Imperial Castle Console with beast, late 12th century

Chapel of the Imperial Castle

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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