Trier · Altstadt · Germany

Porta Nigra

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9/10

best: morning, spring

ancient, monumental, historic

A local would say...

Once the capital of the Western Roman Empire, Trier still has Rome's brickwork visible in the city walls — and nobody in Germany is older.

Germany's oldest city (founded 15 BC) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986, home to an outstanding collection of Roman monuments including the Porta Nigra gate, Roman baths, amphitheatre, and imperial throne room. The capital of the Western Roman Empire in the 3rd century AD, Trier's Roman layers are visible across the entire city center.