Attraction · Trier · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Porta Nigra is an attraction in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 18 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 80 m you'll find a bench, a water point and a public toilet.
Audio tour · Porta Nigra
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You're standing at the Porta Nigra in Trier, the Black Gate. This Roman city gate dates from around the year 170, the oldest and largest of its kind in Germany. It's about thirty metres tall, built from huge sandstone blocks with no mortar between them. Iron clamps once held them together.
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The Porta Nigra in Trier is a large Roman city gate dating from around the year 170. It is the largest gate of its kind in Germany and is listed as UNESCO-werelderfgoed. You will find this attraction in Trier on the Porta-Nigra-Platz. The Liebfrauenkirche is 430 metres from the Porta Nigra in Trier.
This gate was built around the year 170 as an entrance to the city. Back then, people removed the iron cramps from the walls because metal was precious. Later, the monk Simeon lived in the ruin. After his death he was declared a saint, and people converted the gate into a double church. Because it was a church, the structure was spared while other city gates were used as quarries. In 1804, Napoleon visited Trier and had the church rebuilt into an ancient gate once more.
You will find the first of the 94 benches near Porta Nigra within 500 metres, 24 metres away at the Porta-Nigra-Vorplatz. For drinking water near Porta Nigra, head to the tap 50 metres away at the Porta-Nigra-Vorplatz, where you can fill your bottle. There are 2 water taps within 500 metres in total. A toilet near Porta Nigra is 81 metres away on the Rindertanzstraße. This public toilet is wheelchair accessible and always open. There are 3 public toilets within 500 metres in total.
You can listen to an audio story about the Porta Nigra on the spot, using the Outdoor Pitstop app. The story lasts 2 minutes. On a walk nearby, you will pass other places with an audio story. The Karl-Marx-Haus museum is 875 metres away. After 1,100 metres, you reach the Kaiserthermen archaeological site, and at 1,336 metres you arrive at the Amphitheater.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No bike pump or honesty box within 1 km.
50 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 18 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
Hear the story of Kaiserthermen on the spot with the app
The 4 nearest points of interest with a story, within 2 km.
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RömerbrückeAttraction · 1.5 km awayYou can go inside and up through the floors where churches once stood. In summer, a guide dressed as a centurion shows you around.
The nearest public toilet is 81 metres away, on Rindertanzstraße.
Yes, there is a tap 50 metres away at Porta-Nigra-Vorplatz, suitable for filling a bottle.
The nearest bench is 24 metres away, at Porta-Nigra-Vorplatz.
This city gate, built around the year 170, is the oldest and largest of its kind in the country. It was later converted into a double church, before Napoleon had it rebuilt as a gate in 1804.
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