Editing Cheb (section)

===Cheb Castle===
On the rock in the northwest of the historic town centre lies Cheb Castle. It was founded around 1125 and was rebuilt into a [[Kaiserpfalz]] at the end of the 12th century. It is the only example of a Kaiserpfalz in the Czech Republic. At the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, the castle was partially rebuilt into a Baroque fortress citadel. Although the castle is mostly a ruin, the torso of the palace, the defensive Black Tower and the Chapel of Saints Martin Erhard and Ursula.<ref name=castle/>

The Chapel of Saints Martin, Erhard and Ursula is a unique Romanesque-Gothic double chapel. It is the best preserved example of the [[Hohenstaufen]] architecture in Central Europe. The chapel has two storeys; the lower storey is in [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style, while the upper storey is [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]]. On the first floor, there are original capitals of marble columns, decorated with figurative scenes of angels with Bibles as well as lewd scenes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaple sv. Erharda a Uršuly – dvojitá kaple|url=https://www.hrad-cheb.cz/cz/kaple-sv-erharda-a-ursuly|publisher=Cheb Castle|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-24}}</ref>