Trier is a city in Germany on the banks of the river Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC.
Trier is well known for its well preserved Roman and medieval buildings.
This video shows:
- The Porta Nigra, the best preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps;
For details see my video: The porta Nigra in Trier
- The huge Constantine Basilica, a basilica in the original Roman sense, was the 67 m (219.82 ft) long. Throne hall of Roman Emperor Constantine; it is today used as a Protestant church.
- The Trier Cathedral (German: Trierer Dom or Dom St. Peter), a Roman Catholic church which dates back to Roman times and is home to the Holy Tunic, a garment with a recorded history back to the 12th century, in Catholic tradition said to be the robe Jesus was wearing when he died. It is only exhibited every few decades, at irregular intervals. This year 2012 you can see it.
- The Liebfrauenkirche (German for Church of Our Lady), which is one of the most important early Gothic cathedrals in Germany and falls into the architectural tradition of the French Gothic cathedrals;
- The 2nd century AD Roman bridge (Römerbrücke) across the Moselle, the oldest bridge north of the Alps still crossed by traffic;
- St. Gangolf Church was the city's market church that rivalled the Archbishop's Trier Cathedral.
- Two old treadwheel cranes, one being the Gothic "Old Crane" (Alte Krahnen) or "Trier Moselle Crane" (Trierer Moselkrahn) from 1413, and the other the 1774 Baroque crane called the "(Old) Customs Crane" ((Alter) Zollkran) or "Younger Moselle Crane" (Jüngerer Moselkran) (see List of historical harbour cranes)
Ror the ruins of three Roman baths, among them the largest Roman baths north of the Alps and the Roman amphitheatre, see my video: The Roman Trier