former convent St. Irminen (Trier)

Germany / Rheinland-Pfalz / Trier
 church, monastery, Order of Saint Benedict
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The Roman storehouses on the Moselle form the original structure for the former convent St. Irminen. Busy ship traffic on the Moselle was common already during the Roman era, and therefore large storehouses, the so-called horrea, were built near the river bank. These halls later went from the Romans into the hands of the Frankish kings. King Dagobert I (622-638) donated these buildings to the Trier Archbishop Modoald, who then founded a Benedictine convent in them. www.trier-info.de
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Coordinates:   49°45'25"N   6°37'54"E
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