Hauptmarkt
The old town’s central square, ringed by half-timbered houses with colorful façades. The market cross, St. Peter’s Fountain, and the Gothic bell-tower church form a classic picture.
The Hauptmarkt lies between the Porta Nigra and the cathedral. A market cross has stood here since 958 (today’s is a replica), and the Renaissance-style St. Peter’s Fountain (1595) is decorated with statues symbolizing the four cardinal virtues. Around it are half-timbered houses, the red-brick Steipe (the “Stone House,” originally the city council’s banquet hall), and the Church of St. Gangolf, hidden behind the houses. The square is where the pedestrian streets meet. On weekdays it hosts fruit and vegetable stalls, in summer open-air café terraces fill the square, and in December it becomes the main venue of the Christmas market. It is open all day.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Trier Christmas Market
- Trier Cathedral
- Church of Our Lady
- House of the Three Magi
- Stadtmuseum Simeonstift
- Museum am Dom
- Basilica of Constantine (Aula Palatina)
- Porta Nigra