Thursday, April 19, 2012

Other sites in Trier

This the house of the three magi.  Built around the 17th century.  At that time people kept all their money not in a bank, but in their homes.  So to guard against thieves the only entrance to the house was through a SECOND floor door (the bottom floor was added since then) which had a ladder dropped to enter.  If a band of robber came the residents could pull the ladder.




These Imperial baths were never finished, partly because the project was difficult for the climate (colder than Oregon) and how large Constantine wanted to build them.  We didn't go inside, because of time and $, but were able to see them through the glass windows.

The above pictures are from the internet, because I didn't have the pictures Matt took.


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