Today I explored Trier, Germany, or at least the old part of the central city. Trier was a Roman city and for awhile the emperor Constantine even made it the co-capital with Rome. My first stop was the archeology museum where I looked at Roman mosaics, a fresco, and other artifacts from that time (see picture). Trier's most well-known sight is the Porta Nigra which was once a Roman gate to the city (see picture). It has survived because it was turned into a church at one point and was thereby saved from medieval stone and iron scavengers. Another building of Roman construction still stands, but only about half of it is original. It is the emperor's throne room, the so-called Basilica of Constantine. Originally it was more ornate, but today it is a Lutheran church
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