Sunday
Mar042007
Trier, Germany
Sunday, March 4, 2007 at 13:09 Trier, Germany: The Imperial Roman Baths, Porta Nigra and More
What an amazing city. I thought I'd seen ancient in my life until I spent the day in Trier. It was gorgeous today; the weather, the sites, the food, everything was perfect.
We will return to Trier in the near future!
Porta Nigra (black gate)
The Imperial Roman Baths
The Jacobsons at the Imperial Roman Baths
Inside the Roman Baths (the tunnels underground) they were wild!!
More Roman baths...
Street musicians.. Don and Bunny we got you a CD of their music...
You know what they say about big feet!
St. Peter's Square Fountain
Inside the Constantine Basilica Church
Reader Comments (4)
Who's "Death" pointing to at the Constantine Basilica? What I could do with my 4x5 (I'm going to get behind that thing again just as soon as I graduate!)and those tunnels! How about a still life with those Roman baths in the background!?
Wasn't this city settled in 2000BC? I seem to remember reading on Wikipedia that there is a church there that has what is supposed to be Christ's tunic?
Thank you for letting me travel vicariously through you and your family. Keep the pictures coming!
(Hi to Jeanne, Summer, and a scratch to Lucky) :-)
Back to writing the portfolio.
Hugs!
C.
Yes Caron, I can imagine. I may haul my gear over there on a long weekend and see what happens! Amazing!
Trier: Even before the Romans came there was a settlement in this valley. It belonged to the Gallo-Celtic tribe Treveri. Upon their culture, from which remains still can be seen in the regional museum, stumbled Julius Caesar when he conquered this territory in 57 BC.
With Caesar the 500 year long Roman history of Trier began. The city became a cross-roads and a commercial link between major towns in France and along the Rhine.
Trier has a classic rectangular layout, with the Forum (including the most important buildings) in the center. There were also several Roman Baths in town. The oldest preserved building is the Amphitheatre, dating from 100 AD.
During the reign of Constantine the Great (306-337), Trier became an even more splendid city. He built the Dome/Cathedral, the Imperial Baths, the Basilica and several more Christian places of worship (as this was the empire's new religion).
And yes, you are right, the tunic of Christ is in the Dom, the same place Death is pointing at Humanity.
BTW: You have an unbelievably nice "object" coming from Trier... surprise, surprise...
My best to David, Isaac and Jordan...
Hugs!
OOOOHHHHHH! I can't wait! How freaking cool! I think of these old places having old smells - something along the lines of old books or incense. Is there a different smell in the air there or am I romanticizing it?
:-)
C.
There is a different smell in Europe period. It's thick and distinctive. I can't quite place it, but to my olfactory senses, it's an "earth" smell. Does that make sense?