Regensburg - Cathedral of St Peter

Near the Stone Bridge in Regensburg lies the Domplatz (Cathedral Square), the hub of the city's life. The Cathedral (Dom) of St Peter (13th-16th C.), with its two tall spires (105m/345ft high) and magnificent west front (1395-1440), is the finest Gothic church in Bavaria. The interior is of great beauty and spatial effect; its most notable features are the superb stained glass (mostly 14th C., restored in the 19th C.) and the figures of the Annunciation (c. 1280-90) on the two western piers of the crossing.

Adjoining the beautiful cloister (14th-16th C.) is the Romanesque All Saints Chapel (wall paintings). On the north side of the cloister is St Stephen's Chapel, which may date from Carolingian times.

The Cathedral is famed for its boys' choir, the "Domspatzen" ("Cathedral sparrows").

The Cathedral Treasury, displayed in the old Bishop's Palace, includes goldsmith's work and fine textiles of the 11th to the 20th century. On the north side of the Bischofshof are the arched gateway and east tower of the Porta Praetoria, the north gate of the Roman legionary camp, Castra Regina (second C.).