... building. This is both due to its monumental dimensions and due to the overwhelmingly beautiful interior and the crypt. Under the auspices of Konrad's grandson, Emperor Henry IV, the eastern sections were demolished about 1090. The cathedral re-emerged in a more sculptural style typical of the prime of the Romanesque period. In the course ... the Palatinate War of Succession, French troops pillaged artworks and set fire to the cathedral (1689). The effects were devastating to the western part of the nave and the late Gothic elements were destroyed by the fire. In the years after its dest...

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