Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Trier, Germany
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7.8 km
87 m
Explore Trier in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in TrierIndividual Sights in TrierSight 1: Trebeta-Brunnen
Nikolaus-Koch-Platz is one of the central squares in Trier's city centre.
Sight 2: Frankenturm
The Frankenturm is a defensive residential tower in the city of Trier. It is located in Dietrichstrasse near the main market in the center of the city.
Sight 3: Marktkreuz
Book Ticket*The market cross on Trier's main market square was erected around 958 by order of the Archbishop of Trier, Henry I.
Sight 4: Dreikönigenhaus
Book Ticket*The Dreikönigenhaus in Simeonstraße in Trier, not far from the Porta Nigra, is a patrician house in the form of an early Gothic residential tower. The name comes from the time around 1680, when Johann Cornet ran the inn "Zu den drei Königen" there. Originally, the house was called "Zum Säulchen", in reference to the crowning column in the gable and the elaborate marble columns of the windows.
Sight 5: Petrusbrunnen
The main market square of Trier is the central and one of the largest squares in the city.
Sight 6: Liebfrauenkirche
The Liebfrauenkirche in Trier, is, according to UNESCO, "the earliest church built in French High Gothic style outside France." It is designated as part of the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Trier Dom (cathedral) is next to it, and the two buildings share a common wall.
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Sight 7: Palais Kesselstatt
The Palais Kesselstatt is a cultural monument on Liebfrauenstraße in Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Sight 8: Konstantinbasilika
The Aula Palatina, also called Basilica of Constantine, at Trier, Germany, is a Roman palace basilica and an early Christian structure built between AD 300 and 310 during the reigns of Constantius Chlorus and Constantine the Great.
Sight 9: Jesuitenkirche
The Jesuit Church in Trier is a former Franciscan monastery church from the 1st half of the 13th century. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
Sight 10: Sankt Georgsbrunnen
The Georgsbrunnen is a fountain in the district of Mitte/Gartenfeld in Trier, Germany. It is considered one of the most beautiful rococo fountains in Germany.
Sight 11: St. Josef
The former Redemptorist monastery of St. Josef is a monastery building with an associated three-nave church in Trier, Feldstraße 18, built in 1854–55, three-storey complex in neo-Romanesque style made of red sandstone.
Sight 12: Hochbunker Augustinerhof
The Augustinerhof bunker is one of five surviving bunkers in Trier.
Sight 13: Barbarathermen
The Barbara Baths are a large Roman bath complex in Augusta Treverorum, modern-day Trier, Germany. Stretching over 42,000 square meters, it is the largest Roman bath north of the Alps. Along with other sites in Trier, the bath complex was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 as part of the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier site, because of its historical importance and sprawling architecture.
Sight 14: Roter Turm
The red tower, also called Bastion Südallee, is a building of the medieval and modern city wall of Triers. It is now in the monument zone of green belts in Kaiserstrasse opposite No. 24.
Sight 15: Kaiserthermen
The Trier Imperial Baths are a large Roman bath complex in Trier, Germany. The complex was constructed in the early 4th century AD, during the reign of Constantine I. During that time, Trier was a major imperial hub, being a primary residence for Constantine's son Crispus. The baths were built around hot water pools reaching 40°C. Underneath the complex was a network of underground passageways used by the staff which can still be seen today, along with the remains of the sewer system. However, the baths were never completed and were made into a castle in the Middle Ages.
Sight 16: Electoral Palace
Book Ticket*The Electoral Palace in Trier, Germany, was the residence of the Archbishops and Electors of Trier from the 16th century until the late 18th century. It now houses various offices of the federal government and often hosts classical music concerts.
Sight 17: Museum am Dom
The museum at the Dom Trier is a museum of the diocese of Trier, which has the task of researching the history of culture and piety of the diocese of Trier and making it open to the public. In addition, the museum researches the late antiquities of predecessor buildings of the Trier Cathedral, the oldest German bishop's church.
Sight 18: Balduinbrunnen
The Balduinbrunnen is a fountain in the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Trier (Mosel) at the beginning of Balduinstraße in the Mitte district. The fountain is a monument in memory of Baldwin of Luxembourg, who was Archbishop of Trier from 1307 to 1354 and one of the electors in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. It is a dominant building in terms of urban development, whose location at the intersection of Christophstraße and Balduinstraße in the northeast of the Alleenring was originally intended for the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument, which was erected on 15 May 1893 on the Domfreihof. The distance of the fountain to Trier Central Station is about 200 meters.
Sight 19: Ehemalige Abtei Sankt Maximin
St. Maximin's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Trier in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Sight 20: Kürenzer Schlößchen
The Kürenzer Schlösschen is a former estate in Trier in the district of Kürenz. It was built at the beginning of the 19th century by the prefect of the Saar department, Alexandre François Bruneteau de Sainte Suzanne, incorporating older buildings. It is a cubic mansard hipped roof building. In 1887 a tower was added in the Neo-Renaissance style. The complex also includes the landscaped garden with its old trees, an orangery and a tea house, as well as the preserved parts of the wall.
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