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Ports of Call - Germany - Trier

Trier - Germany's Oldest City

Germany's oldest city and a monument to history: Trier. Founded in 16 B.C as "Augusta Treverorum", it dramatically blossomed into "Roma Secunda", a second Rome. Nowhere else in Germany is the Roman past as impressively visible as in this former imperial residence. The Porta Nigra, the Amphitheater, the Imperial Baths, and the Constantine Basilica - all of them UNESCO cultural heritage sites - impressively demonstrate the Roman way of life.

 

The city on the Mosel River also features stone witnesses to past eras including the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. The Cathedral, the medieval marketplace, and the palace of the Prince Electors are other historic elements of a dynamic community that lives its past in the present.

 

Our recommendations: Trier is an excellent place to travel back in time - for instance with the tour "2000 Steps - 2000 Years" and the "Roman Meal" based on an original recipe from Apicius. Even back then, the Romans washed it down with a tasty wine grown on the banks of the Mosel.