Porta Nigra (English spelling)

...It is a huge brick building over 30 meters high, and there are traces of a hot air heating system inside, showing the high level of technology at the time. The Roman city gate Porta Nigra (Black Gate) also speaks to the strategic importance of Trier, and in the Middle Ages a Christian chapel was built inside it. There are many remains that tell of the city's development as a Christian archbishopric, and the cathedral was rebuilt under Archbishop Poppo in the 11th century using the old church as its core, and was completed in the late 12th century in the early Gothic style with ribbed vaults (with Baroque additions). ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Porta Nigra" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…高さ30mを超える巨大な煉瓦造建築で，これは内部には温風暖房装置の跡があり，当時の技術の高さを示す。やはりローマ時代の城門ポルタ･ニグラPorta Nigra(黒門)は，トリールの地がもっていた戦略的重要さを語るもので，中世にはこの中にキリスト教の礼拝堂が営まれた。キリスト教の大司教区としての発展を語る遺品は多く，大聖堂は11世紀に大司教ポッポPoppoのもとで旧来の教会堂を核として改めて造営され，12世紀後半，リブ･ボールトをもつ初期ゴシック様式で完成された(バロック期の付加物あり)。…

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