Editing Trier (section)

== Main sights ==
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
|Name        = [[Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site|Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier]]
|Image       = Trier Kaiserthermen BW 1.JPG
|imagecaption=Ruins of the Imperial Baths
|Criteria    = Cultural: i, iii, iv, vi
|ID          = 367
|Year        = 1986
|Includes    = [[Trier Amphitheater|Amphitheater]], [[Roman Bridge (Trier)|Roman bridge]], [[Barbara Baths]], [[Igel Column]], [[Porta Nigra]], [[Trier Imperial Baths|Imperial Baths]], [[Aula Palatina]], [[Cathedral of Trier|Cathedral]] and [[Liebfrauenkirche, Trier|Liebfrauenkirche]]
}}
[[File:Trier Konstantinbasilika BW 2017-06-16 14-07-56.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Aula Palatina]], or Constantine Basilica, built 4th century AD during the reign of Roman emperor [[Constantine I]]]]
Trier is known for its well-preserved Roman and medieval buildings, which include:
* the ''[[Porta Nigra]]'', the best-preserved Roman [[city gate]] north of the [[Alps]];
* the huge [[Aula Palatina]], a [[basilica]] in the original Roman sense, was the {{convert|67|m|2|abbr=on}} long throne hall of [[Roman emperor]] [[Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Constantine]]; it is today used as a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Church (building)|church]]; adjacent is the [[Electoral Palace, Trier]];
* the Roman [[Trier Amphitheater]];
* the 2nd century AD [[Römerbrücke (Trier)|Roman bridge]] (''Römerbrücke'') across the Moselle, the oldest bridge north of the Alps still crossed by traffic;
* ruins of three [[Roman baths]], among them the largest Roman baths north of the Alps; including the [[Barbara Baths]], the [[Trier Imperial Baths]], and the [[Forum Baths, Trier]];
* [[Trier Cathedral]] ({{langx|de|Trierer Dom}} or ''Dom St. Peter''), a Catholic church that dates back to Roman times; its Romanesque west façade with an extra apse and four towers is imposing and has been copied repeatedly; the Cathedral is home to the [[Holy Tunic]], one of a number of garments claimed to be the robe [[Jesus]] was wearing when he died, as well as many other relics and reliquaries in the [[Trier Cathedral Treasury|Cathedral Treasury]];
* the ''[[Liebfrauenkirche, Trier|Liebfrauenkirche]]'' (German for ''Church of [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Our Lady]]''), which is one of the most important early [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] churches in Germany, in some ways comparable to the architectural tradition of the [[Gothic architecture#France|French Gothic]] cathedrals;
* [[St. Matthias' Abbey, Trier|St. Matthias' Abbey]] (''Abtei St. Matthias''), still a functioning monastery whose medieval church harbours what is held to be the only tomb of an [[Twelve Apostles|apostle]] located north of the Alps;
* [[St. Gangolf's church]] is the city's 'own' church near the main market square (as opposed to the Cathedral, the bishop's church); largely Gothic;
* [[St. Paulinus' Church, Trier|Saint Paulinus' Church]], one of the most important [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] churches in Rhineland-Palatinate and designed in part by the architect [[Balthasar Neumann]];
* two old [[treadwheel]] [[crane (machine)|crane]]s, one being the [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] "Old Crane" (''Alte Krahnen'') or "Trier Moselle Crane" (''Trierer Moselkrahn'') from 1413, and the other the 1774 [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] crane called the "(Old) Customs Crane" (''(Alter) Zollkran'') or "Younger Moselle Crane" (''Jüngerer Moselkran'') (see [[List of historical harbour cranes]]).