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Speyer Cathedral - World Heritage Site

June 30, 2017

It's where the last farewell to former Chancellor Helmut Kohl was held. A masterwork of Romanesque architecture in Germany: Speyer Cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981.

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Helmut Kohl, the former chancellor who presided over German reunification and died aged 87, was laid to rest near Speyer's Catholic cathedral, not far from the French border, and a UNESCO cultural heritage site.

World Heritage Site: Speyer Cathedral

Kohl famously took almost any high-ranking state visitor to see the building, part of picturesque Speyer's town center, which is marked by its multicolored building facades.