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Tawern

Roman Temple District Tawern

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Tawern

Roman Temple District Tawern

Roman Temple District Tawern

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    1. Porta Nigra – Roman City of Trier loop from Trier Hbf

    61.5km

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    June 16, 2021

    Amazing temple complex. However, a challenge for cyclists with a 1.2 km climb.

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      September 26, 2017

      The sanctuary, surrounded by an irregular quadrangular district wall (46 × 36 m), originally presumably comprised five temples whose fronts pointed to a line of flight to the valley. Over time, four outbuildings and two gateways were built. One of the temples was replaced by a temple built directly behind it, while three other temples had to give way to a larger three-sided temple.

      In this larger temple stood a larger than life sculpture of the god Mercurius. Travelers on the important Roman road "Via Agrippa" from Metz to Trier are said to have sacrificed in the temple district to the god of trade, commerce and traffic.

      Presumably, at the latest at the time of the ban on the practice of pagan cults in 392, Christians destroyed the temple complex.

      Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Tempelbezirk_Tawern

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        Location: Tawern, Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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