Trier Cathedral

Trier Cathedral - Hohe Domkirche St. Peter zu Trier (High Cathedral of Saint Peter in Trier). West apse constructed in the 11th century. The cathedral was built over the site of a Roman basilica. After the destruction of earlier buildings, the present cathedral began to take form in the 10th century. Liebfrauenstraße 12. "The Cathedral, the nucleus of which was a quadrangular basilica erected in the 4th cent, probably as a market, is one of the oldest churches in Germany. This basilica, which was of the same breadth as the present edifice, extended from the second pillar from the W. entrance to the E. apse. restored by Archbishop Poppo (1016-47) and his successors, who increased its size by an addition of one-third at the W. end, in the style of the original Roman edifice, and also built an apse. The E. apse was added by Bishop Hillin (1152-69). The vaulting of the nave and aisles dates from the 10th cent.; the circular, dome-roofed treasury was not built till the 18th. — The various periods at which the structure has been built are all clearly visible on the N. exterior; the Roman work consists of red sandstone and bricks, that of Archbishop Poppo is partly of brick and partly of limestone".--Baedeker 1911 Part of the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage site. DSC_0708