Constantine's Basilica (Trier) | place with historical importance, UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed building / architectural heritage, 4th century construction, Evangelical church

Germany / Rheinland-Pfalz / Trier / Martin-Luther-Platz
 place with historical importance, UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed building / architectural heritage, 4th century construction, Evangelical church
This building was a Roman basilica which was used as a throne room by Constintine the Great, when Trier was one of the capitals of the Roman Empire.

Today, it is the main Lutheran church in otherwise Catholic Trier.

The so-called Basilika, Constantine's throne room, is the largest surviving single-room structure from Roman times. The Romans wanted the architecture to express the magnificence and might of the emperor.

Unbelievable size: 27 m (90 ft) wide, 33 m (108 ft) high, and 67 m (220 ft) long - with an adjoining hall outside even 75 m (250 ft). www.trier-info.de
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aula_Palatina
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Coordinates:   49°45'12"N   6°38'36"E
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