File:Germany-5490B - Porta Nigra - Time to Leave Trier (12969125774).jpg
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English: Fantastic Roman Structure, the main reason I wanted to go to Trier.
This is the largest Roman city gate north of the Alps and has been designated a World Heritage Site. Porta Nigra (Black Gate) dates back to a time (about 180 AD) when the Romans often erected public buildings of huge stone blocks. The slabs were cut by bronze saws powered by mill wheels (some cutting traces are still visible) and put together without mortar. Instead, two stones each were held together horizontally by iron clamps whose bent ends were embedded in corresponding holes by molten lead. The name Porta Nigra (Black Gate) originated in the Middle Ages due to the darkened color of its stone; the original Roman name has not been preserved The stone blocks were spared a recycling because of the Greek monk Simeon, who had himself walled up in the eastern tower as a hermit after 1028. After his death in 1034/5, he was buried inside the gate and made a saint. In his honor, two churches were built into the gate (torn down 1804-1819). |
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