Black Gate (Porta Nigra) Trier

Je suis devenue un peu une guide touristique cette semaine, comme je voulais montrer un maximum du Luxembourg et des alentours à mon copain. Nous sommes donc allé un après-midi à Trèves, en Allemagne pour avoir un peu une expérience allemande, et aussi pour qu'il se rende compte à quel point le Luxembourg est différent des pays voisins.

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... is believed to have been founded in 16 BC.  It also a UNESCO world heritage site for its famous landmark, the Porta Nigra - the Black Gate.  We have some great pictures of it, but it is a gate (the rest of the wall is long gone) that was ...

... in Europe at 2030 years old. Wow, that is impressive. They still have some of the Roman structures in town. The Black Gate, Constantine's Basilica, Bathhouses and Arena. One of the original Roman bridges that spans the Mosel river is still in use ...

... repairing so it was closed. Crossing the market, where nobody was in since it was too early,  we arrived at the Black Gate, which was a gate built by Roma Empire.  I went up the gate to oversee the entire city.  After the gate, it ...

... at one time or another ... so you can't dig in this area without hitting ruins ... the main ruins are the Roman Black Gate, a bath complex, an amphitheatre and the main Roman Museum which was unluckily for us was closed for the month of January ... ...

... area are many shops selling everything, food, clothes and other goods. we walked all around and went to the museum and went inside the the Porta Nigra. This town was founded around 16 BC. The Porta Nigra (Black Gate) due to the color of the ...

... the church was bombed during WW II, requiring yet another rebuild. Regardless, the enormity is summed up by saying that the Black gate fits inside the Basilica. Once again, the Romans didn't do anything "small". Anything worth doing is worth doing ...

From Josh: The trip to Tier was very long.  We saw a lot of cool stuff. The Black Gate was a little creepy at first but then the more we went up the brighter it got. The stair case to the top floor was long and winding. From the top floor, I could ...

... Romans took over the city very early on and filled the city with Roman architecture and history.  The Porta Nigra (Latin for Black Gate) is the most iconic of the architecture.  It was built in the second century and was originally one of four ...