Trier Bus - Trier Monuments

Trier is one of the oldest cities in the country, its history dating back to BC. In 16 BC, on the site of a settlement inhabited by the Celtic tribe of the Coachmen, the Romans founded a center called Augusta Treverorum, which in time became the capital of the province of Galia Belgica. As early as 273, Catholic bishops held office in the city, and in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries Emperor Constantine the Great also lived here.

Trier - attractions of the city

Trier has many well-preserved buildings from the Roman era. You can also find monuments from later centuries and picturesque half-timbered houses lining the atmospheric narrow streets of the old city. What do you need to see in Trier?

Trier's main square

Trier's Hauptmarkt and its surroundings are surrounded by many historic buildings and structures from different eras. Particularly noteworthy are the Church of St. Gangolf, the 16th-century fountain of St. Peter, the city's patron saint, and the Marktkreuz, a replica of a more than 1000-year-old cross meant to symbolize episcopal authority. Its original can be seen in the city's Simeonstift museum. Some of the most interesting buildings in the market include the so-called Red House, the 13th century House of the Three Kings, or the 15th century banquet hall of the city government.

St. Peter's Cathedral in Trier (Dom St. Peter)

This is the oldest episcopal church in Germany - it was built over the course of the 11th and 12th centuries on the site of a previous early Christian basilica from the 4th century. The temple represents the Romanesque style. Trier's cathedral is famous as the repository of many relics, including St. Peter, St. Andrew and St. Helen. The most important relic here is the Cloth of Trier, the robe in which, according to tradition, Christ walked the Stations of the Cross. It was brought to Trier by St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great.

Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trier

This Gothic church was built on the plan of a Greek cross in the 13th century in the southern part of the Roman temple complex of Emperor Constantine the Great. The temple is connected by a narrow passage to St. Peter's Cathedral.

Roman remains in Trier

Trier has many valuable monuments to the Roman Empire. The city's most famous attraction and the best-preserved Roman gate north of the Alps is the Porta Nigra, or Black Gate. It is a massive sandstone city gate dating back to Roman times, or more precisely to around 200 AD. At the time it served as the northern entrance to the city. Another valuable site is the Trier Amphitheater, built in a natural depression in the area around 100 AD. It could accommodate nearly 20,000 spectators. Also worth seeing here are the Emperor's Thermae with impressive dimensions of 260 by 140 meters, as well as the Barbarathermen Roman bath complex built during the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great. Equally valuable and still in use is the Roman Bridge over the Moselle, which is the oldest bridge in Germany. Also undoubtedly worth seeing is the Basilica of Constantine, the impressive throne room of Emperor Constantine the Great from the 4th century. It is the largest Roman hall so well preserved. Today it houses an evangelical church.