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Its inner staircase is the work of the sculptor Ferdinand Tietz The figures on the balcony and on the pediment (Ceres, the Goddess of Agriculture and Fertility, the Putti and Graces) are all his or his school's work. The Palace is now the seat of the District Government and Administration.
The buildings in the second palace courtyard were damaged or destroyed in 1944 during WWII and later partly replaced by new buildings. The Red Tower (Der Rote Turm) dating from the middle of the 17th century was restored here in 1966.
The Elector's Palace is situated at one end of the Palace Garden opposite the Kaiserthermen (Imperial Thermae). At the edge of the Palace Garden lies the Landesmuseum.
The palace cannot be entered because its interior is used for city offices, but the adjoining Palace Gardens (Palastgarten) are always open and free. Leave a Comment
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Construction had been interrupted around 312 due to the lack of funds as Constantine focused his political interests on the Mediterranean. When construction resumed, the baths were converted to barracks for the mounted imperial bodyguards, with 800-1000 soldiers plus their horses. The caldarium (warm bath) building became the drill hall/flag sanctuary. In the Middle Ages, it was converted into a castle, "Alderburg." Finally, around 1120, it was incorporated as a corner bastion of the new medieval city wall.
Today from materials excavated, the South Apses wall has been reconstructed to some extent, and nowadays serves as background for an outdoor theatre festival. It extends 855 feet east to west, and 477 feet from north to south, and is one of the largest monumental ruins from the world of antiquity. What you can see is three stories above ground, but there are another two stories below. In almost no other complex is it possible to visit such a complicated subterranean passage system.
At these baths, prominent Romans would have relaxed and entertained. The partly preserved, partly rebuilt brick work of the large apse in the picture was once part of the hot-water bathing room. In less repair are other bathing rooms, as well as a cold-water baths, a sauna and a massage room. This structure is the second largest bath in Trier, next to the Barbarathermen, and the fifth largest in the Roman Empire. Leave a Comment
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How we missed the Cathedral on our last visit 15 years ago, I will never know. I would advise you to visit the Dom information office which is directly across from the cathedral, before you go into the Dom. The Cathedral is a magnificent building and the inside was pretty amazing, very hard to describe the magnificence of this Dom.
The founder of the Dom is thought to be Emperor Constantine ( 306 - 337 ), on his 20th administration anniversary, he began construction around 326.
During restoration of the Cathedral in 1960 - 1975, a gold crucifix was created to replace the missing silver shrine.
Services in the Cathedral are held week days : 7.00h Holy Mass : 9.00h High Mass.
To arrange a tour tel : 06 51/97 90 79-0 Leave a Comment Directions: North of the Market square
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Another unclear issue is how long he actually lived in this house. Some say that his father had taken a lease on the building only one month earlier and moved out when Karl was fifteen months old. Others say that he lived in this house until 1835 when he moved to attend school in Bonn. Regardless, seems like at least everyone agrees that he was born there.
The house was bought by the German Social Democratic Party in April 1928. It currently is a museum devoted to his life and times run by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn. The Karl Marx House in Trier, comprises two buildings each with its own functions and purposes; the birthplace museum and the study center. The birthplace museum has exhibits on Marx's personal history, volumes of poetry, original letters, and photographs with personal dedications. There's also a collection of rare first editions and international editions of his works, as well as exhibits on the development of socialism in the 19th century Leave a Comment Address: Bruckenstrasse 10Directions: open: Apr-Oct Mon 2-6pm, Tues-Sun 10am-6pm; Nov-Mar Mon 2-5pm, Tues-Sun 10am-1pm and 2-5pm
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The Roman Empire was huge; it spread over the Middle East and from Africa to Britain and Germany. Towards the end of the Roman Empire, Trier, on the Moselle, was one of its capitals. There the Romans built a huge entrance gate around 180 AD, the Porta Negra, to keep the Celts out of the city. Master Roman builders piled up the stone blocks without using mortar. Iron clamps and the weight of adjacent blocks still keep the structure in place. The Porta Negra was preserved thanks to a Greek monk by the name of Simeon, who came to Trier in 1028 to seek a devout life of solitude. After his death, it was converted into a church, allowing it to be preserved. It was not until the arrival of Napoleon I that the Roman building had most traces of its past removed. The "Porta Negra" in Trier is perhaps the largest Roman portal still standing. The Gate has been called Porta Negra, or "Black Gate, as far back as the 11th century as this old Roman gate has been blackened by air pollution over the centuries Leave a Comment Directions: Downtown Trier
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Its western half held the imperial box and seats reserved for high-ranking civil servants. Its main entrances, to the north and south, had originally been provided with magnificent facades with ample space for three passages and vaulted entrances. On its western side, two smaller doors led upwards and to the tiers.
The arena had room for roughly 20,000 people .In the 4th and 5th centuries spectators could watch the often bloody spectacles unfold from the sloped spectator stands. . Its size means it is the tenth largest among the 70 preserved ancient amphitheatres. In the walls, there are openings into stone chambers that served to accommodate people and animals. Beneath the arena are the cellar rooms where the necessary equipment and backdrops for the performances were kept
The Amphitheatre was at the same time a town gateway, so that the north entrance laid inside and the south entrance outside the town walls. The gate structures and the remaining walls were used for quarrying in the Middle Ages and also later on. Leave a Comment
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In commemoration of a charter to hold markets in Trier, Archbishop Henry (958) erected a market cross in its centre which made this market the focal point of the town's further development during the Middle Ages. Trier’s Market Cross was erected on a granite pedestal dating from Roman times.
The market's south front holds the Church of St. Gangolph. St. Peter's Cathedral and the Church of Our Lady are very close to the market The most significant civic group of buildings is formed by the 'Steipe' and 'Rotes Haus' (Red House). One early booster, Johann Polch, the cathedral clerk and head of the bakers' guild, built the 17th-century Rotes Haus. It has a Latin inscription, itself three centuries old, which reads: "Trier existed 1300 years before Rome. May it enjoy eternal peace."
Germany’s oldest pharmacy, Löwenapotheke (Lion’s Pharmacy) was founded here in the 1600s, and a town-house nearby, built in the 1700s, is the birthplace of Karl Marx. Among the several sidewalk cafes in the Hauptmarkt, one can be recognized by the ever-popular Golden Arches — familiar food and drink, and there are clean restrooms on the second floor. Leave a Comment Directions: downtown
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In Roman times, the spacious and richly ornamented building of the 'Barbara' Bath stood close to the bridge over the Moselle which is a short walk from the Basilica of St. Matthias. These public baths, built in 150 AD are considerably older than the Imperial Baths, and were the second largest public bath in the Roman Empire ,second only to Trajan's baths in Rome. The walls of the bath were not built as high as the others. Mainly because the old walls, as those of the Amphitheatre, served as a conveniently situated quarry until the 17th century, making was remained not so impressive as those of the Imperial Baths.
Their name of 'Barbara Thermae' actually derives from the suburb of St. Barbara, later on built on part of the old site. The term thermae was the word the Ancient Romans used for the buildings housing their public baths.
An impressive and convincing proof of the skill of urban architecture of that period, these baths were built near the bridge across the Moselle at the western end of the town's Roman Main Street, leading eastwards - from the Moselle bridge to the Imperial Baths and then to the Amphitheatre. Later on, during the Middle Ages, this same street with its walls, towers (Red Tower) and gates ('Neutor') became the town's southern boundary. This is today the Südallee and Kaiserstrase. Leave a Comment
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 by smschleyLeave a Comment Directions: Downtown Marketplace
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 Romer Express by mustertal
The trip takes 35 minutes, you'll see, Karl Marks birth place, the Roman baths and the Amphitheatre.
The train runs every 25 minutes April - October
and every hour March - November.
Adults €6 (2007 prices).
Child €3
Family €15 ( 2 adults + 3 children). (2007 prices) Leave a Comment Address: Olewiger Strasse 151Phone: 06 51/99 35 95 25Directions: Next to the Porta Nigra.Website: www.roemer-express.de Other Contact: info@roemer-express.de
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