Trier

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  Porta Nigra

  The gate dates back to a time (about A.D. 180) when the Romans often erected public buildings of huge stone blocks.

   
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  Roman Amphitheater

  Beyond the medieval city wall lies the Roman Amphitheater. The arena, built in the 2nd century A.D. for cruel games with gladiators and animals, had a seating capacity of about 20,000.

   
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  Basilica

  The Basilica, Constantine's throne room, is the largest surviving single-room structure from Roman times.

   
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  Barbara Baths

  The Barbara Baths were built in the 2nd century as what was then the largest Roman baths.

   
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  Forum Baths

  In 1987, excavations for an underground parking garage brought to light the remains of a first-century bath buried beneath air-raid shelters from the Second World War.

   
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  Imperial Baths

  Over 1600 years ago, the Romans built one of the grandest and most impressive baths in the world: the Imperial Baths.

   
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  Archaeological Museum

  The Archaeological Museum (Landesmuseum) near the Imperial Baths has the richest collection of Roman finds in Germany.