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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.
City map of Trier in the Roman Imperial period. Augusta Treverorum (Latin for "City of Augustus in the Land of the Treveri") was a Roman city on the Moselle River, from which modern Trier emerged. The date of the city's founding is placed between the construction of the first Roman bridge in Trier (18/17
the Roman Trier Amphitheater; the 2nd century AD Roman bridge (Römerbrücke) across the Moselle, the oldest bridge north of the Alps still crossed by traffic; ruins of three Roman baths, among them the largest Roman baths north of the Alps; including the Barbara Baths, the Trier Imperial Baths, and the Forum Baths, Trier;
Roman Trier was the birthplace of Saint Ambrose ca. 340, who later became the Bishop of Milan and was eventually named a Doctor of the Roman Catholic Church long after his death in 397. It is also where Saint Athanasius was first exiled by Constantine in 336.
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
The Barbara Baths were built in the second half of the 2nd century C.E. along with a burst of building activity including a new bridge, an amphitheater and large forum. [3] [4] The Barbara Baths were built to meet the growing need for bathing in Trier when the Forum Baths became too small, the Barbara Baths, when completed, would measure 172 m x 240 m and encompass two city blocks. [4]
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English: Scale model of the Roman city of Trier (Augusta Treverorum) in the collection of Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, Germany. In the foreground the river Mosel with the Roman bridge (which has survived) and the western city gate Porta Inclyta.