Today we’re in Trier, the oldest city in Germany. The area was settled by Romans in 16BC and became one of the biggest Roman cities. The Western Roman Emperor even had a house there.
We heard about some Roman ruins and buildings in Trier so we headed onto town to check them out. Our first stop was up the hill where we can see all over the town. If you look really close you might spot a few Roman ruins.
We walked through town searching for Roman ruins. The first one we found was a large Roman city gate (still standing after all the centuries) called Porto Nigra, which means ‘black gate’ in Latin. It’s not used as a city gate these days, but we could walk close and take a look.
We continued on our walk until we came to a really long building with lots of arched windows. We found out it was a throne hall (or Aula Palatina) for the Roman Emperor Constantine, built around 300AD. It’s used as a Protestant Church now, but we could take a look inside. It’s huge with such a high ceiling!
We finally found the big ruins of the Imperial Roman Bath (that’s not really water in the last picture). It was built in the 300s and had exercise grounds, pools with water at 40°C, and a big network of underground passages. Amazing engineering for so long ago!
Tonight we had a special treat, we were invited to a concert at the Liebfrauenkirche (that’s means church of our lady). Such talented musicians and the sounds in this magnificent church are amazing!
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