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During my stay in Strasbourg, I took a daytrip to Trier, Germany. My friend Kat recommended I go there, as it is her favourite place in Germany. Trier is Germany's oldest city. According to legend, in 2000 BC the Assyrians established a colony here. The Roman colony of Augusta Treverorum (Trier) was founded under Augustus in 16 BC. Trier became a favored residence of several Roman emperors and eventually became known as "the second Rome." Trier was an imperial capital of Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman Emperor, and the church he built here in the 4th century AD (Trier Cathedral) is Germany's oldest. After Germanic tribes destroyed the city in the 5th century, the great city became a small town. It still feels pleasantly small today, despite its thriving population of 100,000. Trier's market square (Hauptmarkt) is one of the most pleasant in Germany, filled with fruit stands, flowers, painted facades, and fountains. Catholic pilgrims still come to Trier in large numbers to honor the relic of the Holy Robe at the Dom St. Peter and the tomb of St. Matthias in the Benedictine church named for him. The picture here is of Porta Nigra, a 2nd-century Roman city gate. It owes its survival to its use by a revered hermit monk, and was later turned into a two-story church.
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