Viehmarktplatz

Although the Viehmarkt today greets its visitors as a modern square with a rather sober stoniness, the red lines in its paving that intersect at its southern end attest to the fact that it was once the scene of great events: It was here that Cardo and Decimanus Maximus, the two main axes of the ancient city, ran. In Roman Trier, this was the site of the Forum Baths (Viehmarktthermen) and the Forum as a political, cultural and social centre. Later, the Capuchins would stroll around their garden here, before cattle were brought in with the Prussians.