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Trier, Porta Nigra or Black Gate

Trier, Porta Nigra or Black Gate

This enormous Roman gate was built in the 200s, when Trier was the most important city on the Roman frontier, and later made into a church, which kept it from being used as a stone quarry as most Roman buildings were. It was returned to its original form during the Enlightenment.

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