TRIER, GERMANY

Trier, Germany is the oldest Roman city in the world and was founded nearly 1300 years before the roman empire. On top of that, it was the Roman empire's first capital city. "The Gate" to the city is mostly original and still standing. This is shown in the picture below. "The Gate" was built in 108 A.D.!!!! It was so cool!

Inside views of the city from inside "The Gate". The Gate was our favorite part of Trier. There are pictures of the big town square from the top of The Gate, and other views to show the old architecture.






This is the Jewish part of town. In the 14th century the jews were required to live in a separate part of town. This was their street.


This was the HUGE catholic dome in the middle of the city. It was built before the bible was compiled. This was one of Constantine's palaces.

Our favorite thing in the dome was the ceiling:

This is the Basilica. It was Constantine's throne room.


This is sorta like a mini colosium. They used this area for sports.



At the public baths. They actually had heated water from the ground, and saunas, that people would come and bathe in. There were huge tunnels underground showing us the technology of the heating of the water, etc. Very facinating. This structure I thought was beautiful.