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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tempelbezirk Tawern - Ancient Temple in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Monday, 01 August 2011  Page Views: 3524

Multi-periodSite Name: Tempelbezirk Tawern
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 4.307 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Rhineland-Palatinate Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Trier  Nearest Village: Tawern
Latitude: 49.664376N  Longitude: 6.509736E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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w650marion visited on 17th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Walked up the hill to the Temple of Mercury to give thanks for our safe journey to Trier, just as a traveller should.....

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Tempelbezirk Tawern
Tempelbezirk Tawern submitted by w650marion : This is a good reconstruction and makes you feel the part of a Roman traveller on their way to Trier. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Rhineland-Palatinate

Reconstructed Gallo-Roman temple complex on a hill (Metzenberg) close to the city of Trier. The main God of the temple was Mercury.
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Tempelbezirk Tawern
Tempelbezirk Tawern submitted by w650marion : In front of the temple housing the painted statue of the god Mercury is a reconstructed sacrificial altar, overlooking the (once) Roman city of Trier. Sacrifices could be an animal, a statue, crops - anything of value. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tempelbezirk Tawern
Tempelbezirk Tawern submitted by w650marion : Useful information about sacrifices at the Roman temple - sacrifices to gods were made on the basis that " I give this so that you will give me what I want" (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tempelbezirk Tawern
Tempelbezirk Tawern submitted by w650marion : Information board about the temple and the nearby vicus (settlement) at the foot of the hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tempelbezirk Tawern
Tempelbezirk Tawern submitted by FreundHain : Another building (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tempelbezirk Tawern
Tempelbezirk Tawern submitted by FreundHain : Foundations, a well and the back entrance.

Tempelbezirk Tawern
Tempelbezirk Tawern submitted by FreundHain : Reconstruction of the Mercury statue.

Tempelbezirk Tawern
Tempelbezirk Tawern submitted by FreundHain : The reconstructed temple of Mercury.

Tempelbezirk Tawern
Tempelbezirk Tawern submitted by FreundHain : The entrance to the complex, a Jupiter Column and the temple of Mercury.

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