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1 Trier Four Virtues. On the south western P Aula Palatina VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
side stands the 15th-century (Konstantin-Basilika)
One of Germany’s oldest towns, Trier was founded in 17 BC as Steipe, with a steep gabled roof. Konstantinplatz. Tel (0651) 42 570. Road map A5. * 99,000.
Augusta Treverorum, supposedly by Emperor Augustus himself. Originally it was used by the town Open Apr–Oct: 10am–6pm Mon–Sat, n An der Porta Nigra (065197
Thanks to its eventful Roman past, it preserves some of the most councillors as a guest house and 1–6pm Sun; Nov–Mar: 10am–noon & 80 80). ∑ trier-info.de
2–4pm Tue–Sun.
impressive Roman antiquities outside of Rome. In the 5th banqueting hall. The Baroque Another UNESCO World Heritage Transport
Rotes Haus (red house) next
£
century the town had 70,000 inhabitants, but was conquered door dates from 1683. Löwen- Site, the Aula Palatina (Palatinate
and destroyed by Germanic tribes, never returning to its former apotheke, in a 17th- century hall) dates from AD 310. An elon
importance. Today, Trier attracts visitors for its picturesque river building on the south eastern gated, rectangular brick building the Aula Palatina was integrated
views, its combination of ancient Roman buildings and local side of the square, is Germany’s 67 m (220 ft) long, 27.5 m (90 ft) into the newly built palace
charm, and for its wine. It is also the birthplace of Karl Marx, with oldest pharmacy, its records wide and 30 m (98 ft) high and its eastern wall partly
demolished. During Napoleonic
dating back to the 13th century.
with a vast semicircular apse,
an important exhibition on the history of communism.
it served as the throne hall of and Prussian times, the hall
E Museum am Dom Trier the Roman emperor or his served as army barracks. The
P Porta Nigra Bischof-Stein-Platz 1. Tel (0651) 710 52 The Liebfrauenkirche – one of the representative. Following the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm
Tel (0651) 97 80 80 (tourist office). 55. Open 9am–5pm Tue–Sat; 1–5pm country’s earliest Gothic churches town’s sacking by Germanic IV eventually ordered its
Open Mar & Oct: 9am–5pm daily; Sun. Closed 1 Jan, 24–26, 31 Dec & tribes, the building was reduced reconstruction. From 1856 it
Apr–Sep: 9am–6pm daily; Nov–Feb: public hols. & in Marburg, this is one of the to rubble. In the 12th century has served as the Protestant
9am–4pm daily. & A 19th-century former Prussian earliest examples of German the apse was converted into a church of St Saviour. Restored
This town gate, named Porta prison near the cathedral now Gothic architecture. Its ground tower, to accommodate the after bombing in 1944, its giant
Nigra (black gate) in the houses the art collection of the plan is based on the Greek archbishop. In the 17th century, size still seems remarkable.
Middle Ages because of the Diocese, including early Christian cross, and the tower above
colour of its weathered stone, works of art. Its most prized the dome accentuates the inter
was erected in the 2nd century possession is a 3rd-century section of the naves. Its western
(a similar gate would have ceiling painting from the portal is richly decorated with
stood at the town’s southern imperial palace that once stood carved ornaments and icono
entrance). The oldest German on the site of the cathedral. graphic symbols. The interior
defensive structure, it still Rediscovered in 1945, the fresco features many outstanding
impresses with its colossal size: Petrusbrunnen (fountain of St Peter) painstakingly reassembled over relics, including 15thcentury
36 m (118 ft) long, 21.5 m in Hauptmarkt the following decades. Another wall paintings on 12 columns,
(70.5 ft) wide and 30 m (27 ft) exhibit is the reconstructed crypt which symbolize the apostles.
high. Two gateways lead onto a P Hauptmarkt of the Bene dictine church of St Important tombs include that of
small inner courtyard, and there Trier’s main market square, Maximin, which has 9th-century a local noble man, Karl von
are two tiers of defence galleries one of the most attractive in Carolingian wall paintings. Metternich (1636). The monumental, austere exterior of the Aula Palatina
with large open windows. It is Germany, dates back to the
flanked by the four-storey 10th century. The Marktkreuz R Dom St Peter
western tower and the three- (market cross) erected around Tel (0651) 979 07 90. Open Apr–Oct: Trier City Centre
storey unfinished eastern tower. the same time symbolized the 6:30am–6pm daily; Nov–Mar: 6:30am– 1 Porta Nigra
In the 12th century, the town’s right to hold markets. 5:30pm). & ∑ trierer-dom.de 2 Hauptmarkt St Paulin-
Kirche
building was transformed into Today a copy of the original The present cathedral, a Porta Nigra TH.-HEUSS-ALLEE Hauptbahnhof
the two-storey church of cross is mounted on a granite UNESCO World Heritage Site, 3 Museum am Dom Trier C HRISTOPHSTR.
St Simeon and served as such Roman column, with a relief incorporates the remains of an 4 Dom St Peter O E R E N S T R A S S E
Dreikönigenhaus
until the early 19th century. of the Lamb of God. On the older 4th-century church. The 5 Liebfrauenkirche STOCK- DEW ORASTRASSE
Porta Nigra is a UNESCO World southeastern side of the square oldest cathedral in Germany, it 6 Kurfürstliches Palais PAULUS- PLATZ SIMEON- STR.
PLATZ
Heritage is the Petrusbrunnen (St Peter’s was constructed in stages – in 7 Aula Palatina Die Steipe & HAUPT- Museum am Dom Trier
Rotes Haus
MARKT
Site. fountain), from 1595, with the early 11th century, late 12th 8 Rheinisches DIETRICHSTRASSE St Gangolf Dom
St Peter
sculptures of St Peter and the century, mid-13th century and Landesmuseum Liebfrauen- GÜTERSTRASSE
14th century. It is a triple-nave, 9 Stadtbibliothek WINDMÜHLEN- STRASSE FLEISCHSTR. BROTSTRASSE kirche KONSTANTIN-
two-choir basilica with transept 0 Kaiserthermen FRAUENSTR. St. Georgs- Aula Palatina PLATZ B A L D U I N - S T R A S S E GARTENFELD-
and six towers, and its furnishings q Viehmarktthermen brunnen Kurfürstliches O S T A L L E E STRASSE
include several outstanding Karl-Marx- NAGETSTR.
Haus
objects, such as the tomb of FELDSTRASSE VIEH- Palastgarten
the papal envoy Ivo (1144). BRÜCKENSTRASSE MARKT WEBERBACH Palais Rheinisches SCHÜTZENSTRASSE
R Liebfrauenkirche Mosel KRAHNENUFER Viehmarkt- NEUSTRASSE Stadtbibliothek Landesmuseum
thermen
Liebfrauenstraße Tel (0651) 979 07 90. KARL-MARX-STR. LORENZ- KELLNER-STR. HERME SSTR. KURFÜRSTENSTRASSE
Open daily but times vary; check K A I S E R S T R A S S E Kaiserthermen
website. & ∑ liebfrauen-trierer.de Römer- UFER S Ü D A L L E E Amphitheater
brücke
Adjoining the cathedral is the ST.-BARBARA- Pfarrkirche Heiligkreuzkapelle OLEWIGER STRASSE
Liebfrauenkirche (Church of Our Barbaratherme St Matthias
Dear Lady), built in 1235–60 and
also a UNESCO World Heritage 0 metres 400
The magnificent Porta Nigra, gigantic Roman gateway into Trier Site. Along with the cathedral 0 yards 400
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p499 and pp524–5 For keys to symbols see back flap
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