Dwarf gallery

The oldest church in Germany with a dwarf gallery is Trier Cathedral.

The apsis with dwarf gallery at Speyer Cathedral, described as “one of the most memorable pieces of Romanesque design”,[1] was copied in many other places in the German Rhineland.

In Italy, dwarf galleries appear at churches in the central and northern regions of the country.

Most famous are the Galleries of Kings (Galeries des Rois) on Notre-Dame de Paris and the Cathedral of Amiens.

Dwarf galleries incidentally feature in Romanesque Revival architecture, notably in Germany, but also in other parts of the world.

Relics being shown from the dwarf gallery of St Servatius' in Maastricht during the Septennial Pilgrimage ( Blokboek van St Servaas , ±1460)