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The Porta Nigra (Latin for black gate), referred to by locals as Porta, is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany.It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2]The name Porta Nigra originated in the Middle Ages due to the darkened colour of its stone; the original Roman name has not been preserved.
Nine locations in Trier are listed as part of the World Heritage Site: [1] Amphitheatre, built in the mid-2nd century and accommodating up to 20,000 people; Moselle Bridge: Barbara Baths; Igel Column: a burial monument erected in the 3rd century; Porta Nigra: the northern gate to the Roman city
Named after the Greek monk, St. Simeon of Trier, it is now a city museum in the former collegiate church’s buildings under the name, Stadtmuseum Simeonstift ('City Museum of the Simeonstift'). The church was created in 1037. In 1028 Simeon of Trier settled at the Porta Nigra as a hermit. He was supposed to have walled himself up there at the ...
Where: Trier, Germany Whoa: Like “Game of Thrones” but for real Throughout Roman history, Germany was the final frontier where only the boldest of emperors would go.
Trier has been the base for the German round of the World Rally Championship since 2002, with the rally's presentation held next to the Porta Nigra. Trier holds a Christmas street festival every year called the Trier Christmas Market on the Hauptmarkt (Main Market Square) and the Domfreihof in front of the Cathedral of Trier.
A scale model of Porta Nigra/St. Simeon's as it appeared around 1800, clarifies how some Roman monuments in Trier survived as churches. A magnificent triumphal arch is a reconstruction of the funeral monument that Christoph von Rheineck had erected in the Liebfrauenkirche in 1535.
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