Renânia-Palatinado · Germany
In the destination Vale do Mosela.
In the photo: Porta Nigra, Trier
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The city
Trier, on the banks of the Mosela and near Luxembourg, was founded by the Romans as Augusta Treverorum and is considered the oldest city in Germany. Porta Nigra, Konstantinbasilika, Kaiserthermen, the amphitheatre, the Römerbrücke, the cathedral and Liebfrauenkirche are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Rheinisches Landesmuseum houses the Roman finds, and the house where Karl Marx was born has become a museum. The Hauptmarkt is the city centre.
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The local experience
Roman sandstone gate built around AD 170, the only one of the four gates of the old Augusta Treverorum still standing. It became a church in the Middle Ages and was returned to its Roman form by order of Napoleon.
Catedral de São Pedro, with a Roman core from the 4th century, considered the oldest church in Germany still in use. It houses the Túnica Sagrada, a relic rarely displayed, and a treasury of sacred art.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora, next to the cathedral, built from around 1230. Together with the Elisabethkirche of Marburg, it is considered the oldest Gothic church in Germany.
Former audience hall of Emperor Constantine's palace, from the early 4th century, measuring 67 meters long and 33 meters high. Since 1856 it has been used as a Protestant church.
Imperial baths begun around the year 300 and never completed as bathing facilities. They became a Roman barracks and, in the Middle Ages, part of the city wall. The underground service galleries can be explored on foot.
2nd-century Roman amphitheatre, with capacity for about 20,000 people, used for gladiator fights and animal spectacles. The cellar beneath the arena can be visited.
Bridge over the Mosela with stone piers built between 142 and 150 AD, considered the oldest bridge in Germany. It remains open to traffic.
Archaeological museum with the largest collection of Roman mosaics north of the Alps, the wine boat of Neumagen and the Trier treasure of gold coins, with over 2,600 pieces.
Baroque house from 1727 where Karl Marx was born on 5 May 1818; today it is a museum about his life, his ideas and their influence, maintained by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
Main square of Trier, with the market cross of 958, the St. Peter fountain of 1595, the Steipe and façades from various periods. From here you can walk to the Porta Nigra, the cathedral and the Church of St. Gangolf.
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