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selenakSpring, finally, and I'm on the road again - not for fun, for work reasons, but every now and then I have a free hour to do some sightseeing as well. Which was the case yesterday evening in Trier, where I stretched my legs after an entire day in the train. (Trier being as far away as it gets from my hometown, let alone Leipzig where I was before for the book fair.) I've visited Trier before, but for some reason, it always seemed to be raining, so the sunshine this time was very welcome, and offered the opportunity to admire the sights of this 2000-years-old city, both yesterday evening and this morning.
The Hauptmarkt, the central market place in front of the city hall, from various angles:
The cathedral of Trier, seat of the oldest diocese in Germany, next to the smaller and nearly as old church of Our Lady:
Inside the cathedral, there is a rare harmony between two styles which usually clash, i.e. Romanic architecture and baroque later additions:
The church of Our Lady, directly next to the cathedral:
It's currently closed to the public and being renovated, but I managed to sneak in and admire the ceiling and other interior anyway:
The basilica of Constantine:
The Imperial Thermae:
Given how easily modern buildings crumble, let's hear it for the Romans. Behold, a millennia-old-bridge, still in use. Now that's craftsmanship:
Here is something from the middle ages, 1233 to be precise, though obviously renovated rather recently, called the House of the Three Kings:
Of course, Trier wasn't just the seat of Roman governors and bishops, no. It also gave birth to Karl Marx, still the city's most famous son:
What Marx made of all the baroque of his hometown, I don't know, but presumably he'd have approved of this monument to the artisans and craftsmen and -women of Trier:
Meanwhile, the way past and modern Trier mesh is beautifully evident in the different angles from which one can look at this fountain:
And for a final look, here's the most famous Roman monument of Trier, the Porta Nigra:
The Hauptmarkt, the central market place in front of the city hall, from various angles:
The cathedral of Trier, seat of the oldest diocese in Germany, next to the smaller and nearly as old church of Our Lady:
Inside the cathedral, there is a rare harmony between two styles which usually clash, i.e. Romanic architecture and baroque later additions:
The church of Our Lady, directly next to the cathedral:
It's currently closed to the public and being renovated, but I managed to sneak in and admire the ceiling and other interior anyway:
The basilica of Constantine:
The Imperial Thermae:
Given how easily modern buildings crumble, let's hear it for the Romans. Behold, a millennia-old-bridge, still in use. Now that's craftsmanship:
Here is something from the middle ages, 1233 to be precise, though obviously renovated rather recently, called the House of the Three Kings:
Of course, Trier wasn't just the seat of Roman governors and bishops, no. It also gave birth to Karl Marx, still the city's most famous son:
What Marx made of all the baroque of his hometown, I don't know, but presumably he'd have approved of this monument to the artisans and craftsmen and -women of Trier:
Meanwhile, the way past and modern Trier mesh is beautifully evident in the different angles from which one can look at this fountain:
And for a final look, here's the most famous Roman monument of Trier, the Porta Nigra:
