European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 3 objects of Awe Are intricately fashioned Ivory carvings that adorn the ceilings of the Trier cold need Nof keep you from frying out Trier Europe harsh Winter weather Doest necessarily mean tourists cant visit places like billed As Ger Many oldest City and one of its richest repositories of roman while the definitive must see attraction in the former capital of the Western roman Empire is Porta there Are warmer Sites to take in As Porta the secon Century facade that once served As the main Gate of Trier during the roman is spectacular though somewhat Breezy to Dis cover during Winter after warming up with a Glass of locally produced Mosel the indoor Sites of Trier should not be several churches within walking distance of the town Center offer excellent examples of romanesque and one can spend several hours in the Rhineland museum Rhein Sches Landes museum in addition to a Host of Bronze age artefacts and a remarkable roman Antiques the museum houses some of the worlds most impressive Rick Wasser the Well preserved Porta Nigra is the quintessential tourist attraction in Trier left at a museum visitor gazes at the millions of tiles making up the giant