The Church of Our Lady. Despite the fact that according to some theories the Church of St. Elizabeth in Marburg is a little older, the Church of Our Lady (Libfrauenkirhe) that forms a complex together with the cathedral, is, perhaps, the oldest Gothic church in Germany. The church is built on the foundation of the former double church of the Roman era. The construction started in 1235 and was ruled by Archbishop Theodoric. The building was ended in 1260, during the reign of his successor, Arnold von Isenburg. The church is adjacent to the Bishop's Palace (1786) , decorated with heraldic shields.
The Imperial terms. The Imperial terms (Kaiserthermen) were built in the IV century. Today, everyone is welcome to visit this sight. Roman terms are more like our modern saunas. People were supposed to wash in them moving from very cold to very hot rooms. In the end a visitor of these terms was required to dip in a cold pool. Then a visit was ended with a massage and gymnastics. However, the terms also had another important function - they served as a meeting place. There was even a large library in them. Slaves and freedmen did the massage and cleaning. By the way, the imperial terms in Trier were never used for their main purpose even by the Roman emperor, for who they were built. When the Roman era was over, the baths were used as a castle of a Frankish duke, and later - as a bastion of the medieval city wall.
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