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Augsburg

Heidelberg

  • Granary (Heuscheuer)
    Granary (Heuscheuer)
    The Heuscheuer, a medieval communal granary, was built in the 18th century from the ruins of a former corner tower of the city wall.
     

Regensburg

Trier

  • Porta Nigra
    Porta Nigra
    The gate dates back to a time (about A.D. 180) when the Romans often erected public buildings of huge stone blocks.
     
  • Roman Amphitheater
    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.
     
  • Basilica
    Basilica
    The Basilica, Constantine's throne room, is the largest surviving single-room structure from Roman times.
     
  • Barbara Baths
    Barbara Baths
    The Barbara Baths were built in the 2nd century as what was then the largest Roman baths.
     
  • Cathedral
    Cathedral
    In the heart of the city, the present Cathedral stands on top of a former Constantinian Palace, later the largest Christian church in Antiquity.
     
  • Forum Baths
    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.
     
  • Imperial Baths
    Imperial Baths
    Over 1600 years ago, the Romans built one of the grandest and most impressive baths in the world: the Imperial Baths.
     
  • Archaeological Museum
    Archaeological Museum
    The Archaeological Museum (Landesmuseum) near the Imperial Baths has the richest collection of Roman finds in Germany.
     
 
 

Recommended Reading


A Concise History of Germany
cover

Daily Life in the World of Charlemagne
cover

The Franco-Prussian War
cover

Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
cover

The Long Nineteenth Century: A History of Germany, 1780-1918
cover

The Weimar Republic: The Crisis of Classical Modernity
cover

Germany and the Germans: The United Germany in the Mid-1990s
cover

 

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