UNESCO World Heritage Site Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site tourist attraction

UNESCO World Heritage Site Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church comprises two outstanding early medieval churches in Hildesheim, Germany, renowned for their Romanesque architecture and exceptional religious art.

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Hildesheim Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
World Heritage Site "St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at Hildesheim" 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ottonian Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Ottonian architecture

Romanesque architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim ⓘ
category Cultural ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
governingBody World Heritage Committee ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Committee
hasArtwork bronze column with reliefs from the life of Christ ⓘ
bronze doors depicting biblical scenes ⓘ
hasComponent cathedral complex ⓘ
monastic church ⓘ
hasPart Hildesheim Cathedral ⓘ
St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim ⓘ
hasSignificance exceptional ensemble of medieval religious art ⓘ
outstanding example of early Romanesque architecture in Europe ⓘ
heritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageStatus of outstanding universal value ⓘ
inscriptionReason influence on the development of Romanesque architecture in Europe ⓘ
testimony to the religious art of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1985 ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
Hildesheim ⓘ
Lower Saxony ⓘ
locatedNear Innerste River ⓘ
locatedOn UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
maintainedBy Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim ⓘ
surface form: Diocese of Hildesheim
notableFor Bernward Column ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ
bronze doors of Hildesheim Cathedral ⓘ
early medieval church art ⓘ
partOf Romanesque art and architecture in Germany ⓘ
period Early Middle Ages ⓘ
protectionStatus protected under the World Heritage Convention ⓘ
region Europe and North America ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
UNESCOId 187 ⓘ
visitorAttraction yes ⓘ

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Lower Saxony → hasCulturalHeritage → UNESCO World Heritage Site Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim → hasHeritageSite → UNESCO World Heritage Site Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hildesheim Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site
Hildesheim Cathedral → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site Hildesheim Cathedral and St. Michael's Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site "St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at Hildesheim"