architecture
Trier Cathedral
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Trierer Dom [German]
Hohe Domkirche St. Peter zu Trier [German]
Architecture
full/alternative names
High Cathedral of Saint Peter in Trier
built
310-340
525-566
955-1270
destroyed/demolished
435
882
1944-1945
style/period
work type
architect / constr. phase
310-340
Construction of the first square church building under emperor Constantine
380
extension of square structure under emperor Gratian (base of today's crossing)
525-566
reconstruction under bishop Nicetius
955-1000
reconstruction after destruction by the Viking raids of 882
1000-1040
reconstruction after collapse of the south-west pillar, west extension with new west facade and new crypt under archbishop Poppo of Babenberg
1090-1110
construction western crypt
1160-1196
construction eastern crypt and Romanesque choir
1235-1270
fundamental renovation in the late Romanesque style and addiotion of the cloister
1350
Gothic modifications and raising the eastern towers under archbishop Baldwin of Luxembourg
1512
raising of the southwestern tower to 76 meters
Specifications
height
30.0 m
width
41.0 m
length
112.5 m
naves
central nave
height
26.0 m
number towers
4
towers
76.0 m
southwest (tower)
bells number
10
Geography
local language location name
Trier, Deutschland [German]
historical affiliations
340-475
475-509
509-840
840-870
870-911
898-1797
911-923
923-1797
1212-1797
1797-1814
1814-1871
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
I,
III,
IV,
VI
designation
reference
367