Snapshots of Germany (Part 4) … Visiting Trier’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites
hey everyone thanks for watching we’re in Sher and over the next couple days we’re going to visit all but one of this areas UNESCO world heritage sites we’ll start at the portra then walk over to the Cathedral of St Peter right next to the cathedral is the Church of our Lady and then Constantine’s basilica from there we’ll visit Imperial baths Ascend up to the Roman Amphitheater make our way toward the mosul river to see another set of baths and finally a bridge built by the Romans here I am starting the morning at the pigra this is part of the old Roman wall that surrounded the city it was built in the late 2 Century as you saw from the map a moment ago it’s right in town so you won’t miss it be sure to stop at the tourist information center next to the porra first and purchase the antique card which will save you a few Euros on some of these sites and other attractions okay let’s head over to the [Music] cathedral the cathedal of St Peter is Germany’s oldest church dating back to the end of the 3 and beginning of the 4th centuries [Music] there are a few items in churches that I really enjoy seeing stay in glass and we’ll see some of that at our next stop and cloysters and Gardens this church has a beautiful peaceful garden area you can visit let’s exit the cler and take a look remember it’s December but there’s no snow so we’re lucky to get a bit of greenery today now let’s go to our next stop and see the stained [Music] glass connected to the Cathedral of St Peter is the Church of our Lady [Music] it was built in the 13th century and here’s the stained glass that I told you about [Music] [Music] where we are now is a basilica that was built in the early 4th Century as a throne room for Constantine today it’s a Protestant church and I enoy enjoyed just how cavernous and open it [Music] was this building was damaged during the second world war here are some remaining sculptures on display that used to be in the apps of the church Christ is in the middle it was also interesting to see the pipe organ hanging from the back wall with a spiral staircase leading up to it I liked how this church still had a feel of Roman times but also added Simplicity and bits of modernity next on our list are the Imperial [Music] baths there’s an information center when you first enter to learn more about the baths and the ruins walking around you can get a feel of the size of this complex [Music] you’ll learn about the cold baths or frigidarium as well as the hot baths or caldarium which had heating under the floor you can also explore the ruins from underground [Music] [Music] [Music] after a short slight uphill walk we arrived at the Roman Amphitheater this venue was built toward the end of the 2 century and today you can walk right into the middle of it explore the underground Caverns where animals and prisoners of the Roman Empire were held and scal the hillsides enclosing it this was a personal favorite of mine as I had a great time just Meandering and reimagining how this looked and operated during Roman times I posted a video that goes into a bit more detail about this Amphitheater and a video that has more information about the pigra the links to both of them are below [Music] it’s now the next day and we’re finishing up our UNESCO site visits here I am at the Barbara baths which were built in the second century before the Imperial baths that we visited yesterday I don’t know if we’re allow down in there I don’t see anybody if you like Roman ruins you will love this town because they are everywhere and they’re all very close by they do a very good job documenting exactly what you’re looking it we’re in the middle of a neighborhood and close to the River entrance to these baths is complimentary so I’ve walked the whole gang way and from the top most of it all looks pretty much Al light so again I don’t know if you can ever get down here to explore it doesn’t look like you can I don’t really see any foot paths but it’s worth a visit and again you’re right in the middle of a neighborhood pretty incredible that this is here okay now let’s head over and see our final stop the Roman Bridge [Music] so yesterday we visited the oldest church in Germany and today we are looking at the oldest bridge in Germany as you know there’s been additional work on this bridge over the years however the pillars you see coming up out of the water were constructed in the 2 Century by the way the only UNESCO site we didn’t make it to in this area was the eagle column we started running out of time and it was just a bit too far from other sites however I wanted to mention it in case you wanted to see all the UNESCO sites when you’re in town it’s a few miles away toward luxemborg so if you have a car and if you have time do plan to visit thanks for watching and please subscribe as I’ll be adding more videos from Germany in the coming days [Music]
Here is part 4 of my German travelogue. Over a couple of days in Trier, we visited several UNESCO World Heritage Sites. There are plenty of Roman Ruin in this town near the Luxembourg border, and it’s one of my favorite places in Germany
Link to my video about the Porta Nigra in Trier
Link to my video about the Roman Amphitheatre in Trier
Websites related to this video:
– www.trier-info.de
– www.triershop.de
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:18 Map of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
0:42 Porta Nigra and Trier Antique Card
1:24 Trierer Dom (Cathedral of St. Peter)
2:49 Liebfrauenkirche (Church of Our Lady)
3:44 Basilica of Constantine
4:40 Imperial Roman Baths
5:50 Roman Amphitheatre
6:36 Barbara Baths
7:59 Roman Bridge in Trier
8:42 End Credits
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