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Baden-Baden Berlin Cologne Dortmund Dusseldorf Frankfurt Freiburg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Hamburg Hanover Heidelberg Kaiserslautern Leipzig Munich Nuremberg Regensburg Stuttgart TrierGermany City Travel Guide: Trier
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Trier is Germany's oldest city, having its beginnings in 15BC. While not a World Cup match venue, its historical significance makes it deserving of a visit if you have the time. Having been founded by the Romans, it is worth seeing what is left of Trier the way they built it. The main Roman sights are: the Romische Palastaula, Porta Nigra, Kaiserthermen, Amphitheater, Barbarathermen and Thermen am Viehmarkt. Another major historical attraction is Karl Marx's birthplace. (NB The Trier Card is a recommended purchase. For only €9 (individual) or €15 (family), it offers 3 days of free bus travel plus a large range of significant discounts at tourist sites, stores, and other facilities and services. Available from the tourist office.)Romische Palastaula or Basilika This massive building was Constantine's throne room, and is the
only remaining complete structure from Roman times. It is on UNESCO's
World Heritage list and its proportions have to be experienced to
be believed. It is now used as the Protestant church, "Zum
Erloeser". Opposite the Basilika is the Kurfürstliches Palais or Electoral Palace a rococo palace that can now be rented for conferences.
Porta Nigra Located next to the famous Simeonstraße shopping street,
Porta Nigra is a colossal remnant of a gate in the Roman wall built
in the second century AD. Later turned into a church to commemorate
the hermit monk Simeon who lived and died there. (The city's tourist
office is located here.) Amphitheater As with most Roman ruins, little remains of
the Amphitheater - built in about 100AD - thanks to the depredations
of medieval quarrying. Sitting on the outskirts of the city, it
was the venue for the same kind of gladiatorial games that were
held in the Colosseum in Rome. However, with a capacity of about
20,000, what is left of the stadium still impresses. Even today
its size and excellent acoustics means it is still used for open-air
concerts, and is the venue - along with the Kaiserthermen
(see below) - for the annual Antikenfestspiele (Antiquity
Festival) in June/July featuring symphonic and operatic performances.
The Amphitheater retains its brutal Roman "sporting"
heart in the form of a subterranean menagerie for the lions and
tigers that were let loose on their hapless human prey to the exhilaration
of the crowd. Kaiserthermen (Imperial Thermal Baths).
Not far from the Amphitheater are the old Roman imperial
baths - some of the largest ever built in antiquity and, at
the time, opulently fitted out and decorated. The huge eastern wall
of the original complex, built in the 4th century, makes for an
impressive sight at 19m (62ft) high. Underground are the re-excavated
maze-like service tunnels used for keeping the water heating system
running. Thermen am Viehmarkt and Barbarathermen On the topic of Roman baths, the Thermen am Viehmarkt (Forum
Baths) are ruins discovered only in the 1980s of baths near the
(now disappeared) Forum. They are housed in a supra-modern cubic
glass enclosure on Viehmarktplatz. The Barbarathermen is
another massive bath house complex - built in the 2nd century
- of which only the foundations and underground service tunnels
remain. However these offer more to the interested viewer that do
the other two baths. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Near the Kaiserthermen is the Rheinisches Landesmuseum (Rhine Archaeological Museum) with an unparalleled display of Roman artifacts (so many that only a small portion can ever be displayed), as well as early Christian and medieval treasures. On Weimarer Allee 1 Karl Marx's birthplace Besides the Roman connection, the
other big must-see in Trier is the birthplace of its most famous
son, Karl Marx. On Brueckenstrasse 10. Trierer Weinlehrpfad (Wine Information Trail) is a 3km (1.8 mile)-long trail starting in the vicinity of the Amphitheater along which are displayed the various methods of viticulture. Trier Altstadtfest Just in time for the World Cup between June 23 - 25, 2006 will be the Old Town Festival with a selection of musical events.
Trier Tourist Office An der Porta Nigra, 54290 Trier Opening hours: Jan 2 - Feb 28: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm,
Sun 10am-1pm Getting to TrierAirThe nearest airports are Luxembourg, Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt/Hahn, and Cologne. The recommended option is to take a train from the Frankfurt Airport Station to Trier Central Station. TrainTrier has many direct rail connections to Luxembourg, Koblenz, Saarbrucken, and Cologne. BusThere is regional bus service run by Stadtwerke Trier, tel. 0651-717-273. Car HireAccommodationFeatured HotelMercure Hotel Trier an den Kaiserthermen Book Accommodation in Trier Hotels
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Eintracht Trier, founded in 1905, are currently in the second division of the Bundesliga and play their home games at the 10,000 capacity Moselstadion. Baden-Baden Berlin Cologne Dortmund Dusseldorf Frankfurt Freiburg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Hamburg Hanover Heidelberg Kaiserslautern Leipzig Munich Nuremberg Regensburg Stuttgart Trier |
 
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