Kaiserthermen

Kaiserthermen - Imperial Baths of Trier. Reconstructed apse over the calendarium. Begun by Constantine in the early 4th century AD, the baths were never completed. Archaeological work began in 1875. "Adjoining the Kaiser-Str. are the Roman Baths, an imposing structure of the 4th cent. A. D., 564 ft. in length, excavated in 1877-85. The principal façade was turned towards the N. The masonry above the level of the ground has almost entirely disappeared, though at the beginning of the 17th cent, it was preserved up to the second story. At the N.W. end of the excavation is the rectangular Frigidarium (cold baths); to the S. of this are the cruciform Tepidarium (warmer baths) and the cruciform Caldarium (warm baths); to the E. is the heated swimming-basin".--Baedeker 1911 Part of the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage site. IMG_3737