European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Slont con Lofti Back in guidebooks prepare you for the Antiquity at Germany oldest but hey Lei the modernity come at official Trier is proud of is ancient landmark and has done a remarkable Job in retaining them while a Lull Culcer ing to he needs and wants of i soar los Many of the residents arc tar More interested in the widened highways thai Lead off to Luxembourg and France and to Germany other cd Lei and vacation spots than they Are in the fact that triers  Resta on five pillars left from the 4th Century Bridge laboriously built across the Mosel River by the when the new autobahn from tand Stuhl to Trier is the City of Trier Wilt become even More important u the Mosel River Wai the Highway Down which he Caesura shipped sup plies to their armies in Trier and along the bringing some of the goods ill the Way Horn the the emperor Augustus is said to have recognized triers favourable location during hit travels in Gaul in 1113 it look but nowadays the Mosel has again become a vital wafer the recent completion of a string of canals and locks opened the River to big Barge traffic carrying Ore and manufactured from Northern the Saar and Luxembourg past triers Doorstep on the Way to Ruhr and North sea Ftp ruler has provided generously for Al Riverbank w a 1 k i n g and Rev croat wide walks and frequent benches line the the City also provided plenty of Anchorage for Small and there arc for the plea lure boats that mosey up and Down the Vineyard lined in the Meadows along the where Romar legionnaires pitched their tents and tethered their modern hordes Lake out their Gaudy camping Canvas and Park their cars nearby we lev they shake out their bikinis for the kiss of the produce paddlers still do business at the same old wind the Morkut place in the Center of Trier where archbishop Henry Hud a Cross erected in the year to establish the re jul to hold a Market on Thui tie Market is pop ular even today but so Are the Chrome and Taw emporiums of the 1963 Hay Sis Burtov Joth i Elury that crowd around the remnants of the roman Buths still and the  visitor run mentally recreate the while the tourist gazes in Awe at the a Surbara thermae on Suo Dulles until reads in Guidebook the Buth was built in the 2nd Century und was originally 930 feel wide and 735 feet the Young people of Trier arc flocking to their City Schwilm Mbiad which May be a bit Small but is More usable these the outstanding Antiquity of Trier is the famous Porta it want Al ways called the Black originally in was of a Light Gray weather and smoke and age have turned it Black since it was put up in the 41h the blocks were raised one on lop of the other and fastened with Lead the clamps were Lorn out later by Metal leaving deep holes in the the Gate originally had two towers and was part of the Wall the romans built around the City they called August in later years begin Ning in the Lith Gate and towers were incorporated into a but after 1800 most of the medieval additions were the roman Amphitheater built in the 1st and 2nd centuries could scat while they watched gladiators tangle with with other its probable thai during the Middle aces knights ousted in this same am Hithe the ruins Ore still in Good enough condition that the visitor reacts to the air of Trier also has a modern stadium on the Northeast Edge of town for today soc cer teams and track Trier has enjoyed three Gold the period when it was the capital of the roman Empire in the wed which extended from Britain to Spain and was on Imperial it became a Cen Ter of christianity when Consontine the great lived there from Sis to sic the romans abandoned Trier when the Franks took Possession around 450 but it kept its Christian character through the various chances in Fortune in the 12th the archbishops of Trier were electors of the holy roman this was its second Golden its third Golden age is a third of the City was destroyed in world War but Ltd antiquities were the building the develop ment of its commercial River and and its positive program for adding to its recreation attractions and us tourism buium is when you visit your Best bet is to go to the tourist office  beside Peru and Isk for although conducted Tours Are available you can easily find your own Way to the principal interest walking or having done your duly by the Ami you can with a Cicur Tun Tarn intention to Moilien ride the River of to the or just nit in one of the new gardens and sip a com thing or other and have she of roman Bathi it Dag Gering to Pho ii by Guenter Schuetter the stars and Snipes