This square was the symbolic battlefield of a centuries-long conflict between Triers citizens and its archbishop. It starts out at the stone market cross (a replica as the original from 958 AD in a museum nearby). Behind that is the 15th-century Town Hall. The people of Trier wanted a town hall, but the archbishop wouldnt allow it so they built this assembly hall instead. There are two knights on its outside corners-one watching over the townspeople and the other with his sword out ready for battle. The tallest building that the video pans to next is the Church of Saint Gagolf. In 1507, the mayor of this city built that new tower to make the peoples church higher than the cathedral. The Bible verse on it says, Stay awake and pray. In retaliation, the archbishop raised one tower of his cathedral (all he could afford) and put a threatening message of his own, continuing the churchs verse: For you never know the hour when the Lord will come. Then it shows Saint Peters Fountain from 1595. The statues on it symbolize thoughtful city government, but the rude moneys behind them show the naughty way things were really done. The main cathedral (Dom) from the Roman times in 312 AD can be seen briefly after that through the alley way. The half-timbered homes shown on the left at the end of the panorama (before it starts filming the street level) were the 14th-century Jewish ghetto. 60 Jewish families earned enough money from money-lending to buy protection from the archbishop, but in 1418 they were expelled. The prince didnt even pay them the interest they were owed. The pictures from an earlier album give more details on all of these things, but I honestly didnt feel like typing all that out again.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:23:13 +0000
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