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Constantine was proclaimed Emperor in York in AD306. He was the first Christian Roman Emperor and made Christianity an acceptable religion of the Roman Empire.
York-1362PS
Founded by the Romans around 30 BC as "Augusta Treverorum", Trier claims (just like Xanten, Cologne, Worms, Speyer...) to be the oldest existing German city.
Trier, the center of a diocese already within the 3rd century, was destroyed by the Alemanni (275), rebuilt under Constantine the Great, who resided in "Augusta Treverorum". Under his the reign Maximin of Trier (329–346), the fifth Bishop here, started the construction of an giant ecclesial ensemble with four basilicas and a baptisterium.
The buildings, ruined by the Franks, got rebuilt and destroyed again by the Vikings (Normans) in 882. In 977 Emperor Otto II installed his senior official Egbert of Trier as Bishop, who started a building process, that reused lots of the ruined structures, incl. Roman walls and pillars.
Built next to the cathedral is the "Liebfrauenkirche" ("Church of our Lady", "Eglise de Notre-Dame"). This is one of the oldest Gothic structures in Germany. It is erected on the floorplan of a rotunda and was built by French (Lothringian) masters. It was comissioned by Archbishop Theoderich von Wied around 1230. Most stones used here, were shipped from Lothringia to Trier via the river Moselle, what must have been pretty expensive.
After Theoderich had passed away, the building process stopped due to the lack of funds. With the support of the Diocese of Cologne, where special letters of indulgence were on sale, the church got completed around 1260. The church was used by the cathedral chapter and was "integrated" into the cathedral´s liturgy.
When French troops occupied Trier after the French Revolution it was discussed by the political authorities, to demolish the Liebfrauenkirche, but (as local rumours tell) the mayor of Trier could convince Napoleon, to save this "Masterpiece, created by French architects" and so the nearby St. Laurentius church got knocked down.
From left to right:
-Leyland Olympian ECW 35/D201FYM
-Leyland Olympian ECW 47/D138FYM
-Leyland Olympian ECW 48/C97CHM "Challenger"
-Leyland Olympian Alexander (Belfast) RH 39/H775PTW "Western Hussar"
-Optare Excel 2 170/YG52DGO "King John"
After leaving the port of Antwerp, the vessel is seen here sailing downstream the river Schelde on its way out to sea. The CNAN Nord operated vessel will first call on the Portuguese port of Leixoes before proceeding to the Agerian port of Oran where it arrived on September 2nd 2016
Vessel details Constantine :
Length over all : 138.50m
Beam : 21,00m
Gross registered tonnage : 9627
Deadweight : 12767
Built : 2012
Gear : 2 cranes each 180 tons SWL
Flag : Algerian
Owner : CNAN Nord spa
Just in front of the bow of the Constantine is a second CNAN Nord operated vessel, the Sedrata, which first called on Hamburg and Antwerp and is seen sailing down to Algiers where it arrived on September 1st 2016
Vessel details Sedrata :
Length over all : 119,84
Beam : 20,40m
Gross registered tonnage : 8161
Deadweight : 9095
Built : 2011
Gear : 2 cranes each 200 tons SWL
Flag : Algerian
Owner : CNAN Nord spa
German postcard by ISV, no. H 12.
Craggy-faced Eddie Constantine (1917 - 1993) was an American actor and singer who spent his career as a tough guy in European films. He became famous for a series of French B movies in which he played private eye Lemmy Caution, based on the hero of the detective novels by Peter Cheyney.
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The Stereoscopic View
A stereoscopic view of the Constantine Arch in Rome published by Underwood & Underwood.