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P Aula Palatina VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
(Konstantin-Basilika)
Konstantinplatz. Tel (0651) 42 570. Road map A5. * 99,000.
Open Apr–Oct: 10am–6pm Mon–Sat, n An der Porta Nigra (0651­97
1–6pm Sun; Nov–Mar: 10am–noon & 80 80). ∑ trier-info.de
2–4pm Tue–Sun. Transport
Another UNESCO World Heritage £
Site, the Aula Palatina (Palatinate
hall) dates from AD 310. An elon­
gated, rectangular brick building the Aula Palatina was integrated
67 m (220 ft) long, 27.5 m (90 ft) into the newly built palace
wide and 30 m (98 ft) high and its eastern wall partly
with a vast semicircular apse, demolished. During Napoleonic
it served as the throne hall of and Prussian times, the hall
the Roman emperor or his served as army barracks. The
The Liebfrauenkirche – one of the representative. Following the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm
country’s earliest Gothic churches town’s sacking by Germanic IV eventually ordered its
tribes, the building was reduced reconstruction. From 1856 it
in Marburg, this is one of the to rubble. In the 12th century has served as the Protestant
earliest examples of German the apse was converted into a church of St Saviour. Restored
Gothic architecture. Its ground tower, to accommodate the after bombing in 1944, its giant
plan is based on the Greek archbishop. In the 17th century, size still seems remarkable.
cross, and the tower above
the dome accentuates the inter­
section of the naves. Its western
portal is richly decorated with
carved ornaments and icono­
graphic symbols. The interior
features many outstanding
relics, including 15th­century
wall paintings on 12 columns,
which symbolize the apostles.
Important tombs include that of
a local noble man, Karl von
Metternich (1636). The monumental, austere exterior of the Aula Palatina

Trier City Centre
1 Porta Nigra
2 Hauptmarkt Porta Nigra St Paulin-
Kirche
3 Museum am Dom Trier C HRISTOPHSTR.
TH.-HEUSS-ALLEE Hauptbahnhof
4 Dom St Peter O E R E N S T R A S S E
5 Liebfrauenkirche Dreikönigenhaus DEW ORASTRASSE
6 Kurfürstliches Palais PAULUS- STOCK- SIMEON- STR.
PLATZ
7 Aula Palatina PLATZ Die Steipe & HAUPT- Museum am Dom Trier
Rotes Haus
MARKT
8 Rheinisches DIETRICHSTRASSE St Gangolf Dom
St Peter
Landesmuseum Liebfrauen- GÜTERSTRASSE
9 Stadtbibliothek WINDMÜHLEN- STRASSE FLEISCHSTR. BROTSTRASSE kirche KONSTANTIN-
0 Kaiserthermen FRAUENSTR. St. Georgs- Aula Palatina PLATZ B A L D U I N - S T R A S S E GARTENFELD-
q Viehmarktthermen Karl-Marx- NAGETSTR. Kurfürstliches O S T A L L E E STRASSE
brunnen
FELDSTRASSE BRÜCKENSTRASSE MARKT WEBERBACH Palais SCHÜTZENSTRASSE
Haus
Palastgarten
VIEH-
Landesmuseum
KARL-MARX-STR. LORENZ- KELLNER-STR. Viehmarkt- NEUSTRASSE Stadtbibliothek Rheinisches KURFÜRSTENSTRASSE
thermen
Mosel
KRAHNENUFER
HERME SSTR.
Römer- K A I S E R S T R A S S E Kaiserthermen Amphitheater
brücke UFER ST.-BARBARA- S Ü D A L L E E
Pfarrkirche OLEWIGER STRASSE
Barbaratherme St Matthias Heiligkreuzkapelle
0 metres 400
0 yards 400
For keys to symbols see back flap
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