Here are a few more pictures of our trip to Trier today. I will talk about Luxembourg in my next blog.
Barbarathermen (St. Barbara's Bath)
These Ancient Roman baths built around 150 AD were used for hundreds of years. In later years when they were disused they were raided for building materials. Even though the baths were raided for building material they remain in better shape then those of the Imperial Baths.
We were unable to walk through this old bath house because it is currently under going further excavation and restoration at the moment. I was still able to get some pictures to share.
Amphitheatre
The amphitheatre was built around 100 AD. This amphitheatre was a frequent sight of gladiator battles.
Baths at the Cattle-Market
This Bath was discovered in 1987. It is housed indoors in a glass structure which personally I felt made it lose it's appeal unlike they other two bath houses we saw. These once served as living quarters for the Romans in the 1st century then became a bath house in 3rd and 4th century. Later on in the 13th century the chapter of the "cathedral" used the ruins for "quarry" to build a cathedral, Church of Our Lady (see yesterday's blog)
Inside the Porta Nigra
Today we went inside the Porta Nigra. I spoke about the Porta Nigra in the previous blog. Here are a few pics from the inside...
Guilds Fountain
St. George Fountain
This fountain was built in 1750/1751
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