UNESCO World Heritage

World heritage sites at MOSEL

Half of the vast Roman Empire was once ruled from the Mosel. The power of the emperors who resided in Trier extended from Scotland to Morocco. Many ancient monuments there still bear witness to this. These are quite rightly UNESCO World Heritage sites!

The ensemble of the cathedral and the Liebfrauenkirche is also one of them. Trier Cathedral is the oldest episcopal church in Germany and dates back to Emperor Constantine. The Liebfrauenkirche is one of the two most beautiful and earliest Gothic churches in Germany. And two more highlights: The two extremely precious early medieval manuscripts, the Egbert Codex and the Ada Gospels, have been included in the UNESCO World Document Heritage List. You can see them in the treasury of the Scientific Library of the City of Trier.

If you follow the Mosel to the Rhine, you will reach Koblenz. And it is precisely here – at the Deutsches Eck – that the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley begins. At Stolzenfels Castle, you can experience the romance of the Rhine in a special way

 

State exhibtion in Trier

Marcus Aurelius | 15 June until 23 November 2025

After the three major Trier museums closed their doors for the major state exhibition 2022 "The Fall of the Roman Empire", it is already clear: it will continue! The next major exhibition in Trier will take place in 2025.

The two cooperating museums, the Rheinisches Landesmuseum and the Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, will then devote themselves to an important figure of the Roman imperial era: "Marcus Aurelius".

Two separate exhibitions illuminate the life and work of the famous ruler from different perspectives. Outstanding exhibits await you again in one of the most beautiful cities in Germany!

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