Monday Travel Update – Half Way Through Germany Edition
I am now half way through my German World Heritage tour where I visit the remaining 27 UNESCO World Heritage Sites which I have yet to visit in the country. Today I find myself south of Frankfurt where I visited the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Saalburg late yesterday afternoon in a snowstorm. So [...]
UNESCO World Heritage Site #211: Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
From the World Heritage inscription: Trier is an example of a large Roman capital after the division of the empire. The remains of the Imperial Palace, in addition to the Aula Palatina and the Imperial Thermae, are impressive in their dimensions. The city bears exceptional testimony to Roman civilization owing to the density and the [...]
