Porta Nigra, Germany
Photograph by Robert Clark, National Geographic
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TRIER, GERMANY
The Porta Nigra, or "black gate," still dominates Trier, Germany. A hundred feet tall, it was built in the second century as part of four miles of walls. Trier was a major city in the late Roman Empire, even serving as a regional capital under several emperors.
See more pictures from the September 2012 feature story "Roman Frontiers."