Place: Trier, Germany
Weather: Light rain with thunderstorms, 58/75F.
Route: From Strasbourg 218 km north on A4 and A1.
Significance: Trier has more remaining Roman buildings than maybe anywhere outside Italy. The large Porta Nigra has guarded the entrance to the city for over 2,000 years. The slopes of the Mosel River outside town is filled with vineyards first introduced by the Romans.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Porta Nigra (from whc.unesco.org)
The Trier cathedral - oldest in Germany - first built in the 4th century (from whc.unesco.org)
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