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The Aula Palatina, also called Basilica of Constantine (German: Konstantinbasilika), at Trier, Germany, is a Roman palace basilica and an early Christian structure built between AD 300 and 310 during the reigns of Constantius Chlorus and Constantine the Great.
The plan seems to be based upon the Roman aula palatina of Trier. The structure was made of brick, and the shape was that of a civil basilica with three apses: the largest one (17,2 m), [15] located to the West, was dedicated to the king and his suite. The two other apses, to the North and South, were smaller. Light entered through two rows of ...
The remains of the Imperial Palace, in addition to the Aula Palatina and the Imperial Thermae, are impressive in their dimensions. The city bears exceptional testimony to Roman civilization owing to the density and the quality of the monuments preserved: the bridge, the remains of the fortified wall, thermae, amphitheatre, storehouses, etc.
Aula Palatina (Konstantinbasilika) Trier: Germany: 4th century Evangelical Church in the Rhineland: A Roman palace basilica that was built by the Emperor Constantine at the beginning of the 4th century. The basilica contains the largest extant hall from antiquity. The church was converted to Protestant use from its original Roman Catholic use ...
Aula Palatina in Trier, built about 310 Ratzeburg Cathedral, since 1154–1160. Brick Romanesque is an architectural style and chronological phase of architectural history. The term described Romanesque buildings built of brick; like the subsequent Brick Gothic, it is geographically limited to Central Europe.
Aula Palatina: Germany: 306 CE Palace basilica Contains the largest extant hall from antiquity. [129] Jokhang: Lhasa, Tibet, China: c. 639 CE Buddhist temple Perhaps the world's oldest timber-frame building. [139] Hōryū-ji: Nara, Japan: 670 CE Buddhist Temple Oldest wooden building still standing. [140] Nanchan Temple: Wutai, China: 782 CE ...
Aula Palatina, Constantine's basilica at Trier, c. 310 In the early 4th century Eusebius used the word basilica ( Ancient Greek : βασιλική , romanized : basilikḗ ) to refer to Christian churches; in subsequent centuries as before, the word basilica referred in Greek to the civic, non-ecclesiastical buildings, and only in rare ...
The (Basilica of Constantine or Aula Palatina,) used as the Elector's throne room, is Roman. Some Roman mosaics also survive. From the 11th century onward the archbishops of Trier used the Basilica, of which only the outer walls were standing, as a stronghold.