The Capital of the Western Roman Empire
July 2nd 2006 Trier is a magical place where history maniacs (like myself) can step back in time to the era of the Late Roman Empire or the age of Charlemagne.
The ruins of the amphiteather are incredible, but the piece de resistance had to be Porta Nigra.
The amphiteather complex can be fully visited; the day we went there it was pouring it down, and although the mud was a mighty foe, it could not prevent us
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