(by marius_krey)

Old fortified walls of Oberwesel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

German vintage postcard

Burg Stahleck, Bacharach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany,

Photography by Maximilian Lehrke

Cochem Castle

Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Mainz, Museum für antike Schifffahrt, Detail der Trajanssäule (Museum of Ancient shipping, detail of Trajan's column) von HEN-Magonza

Trajan was Roman Emperor from 98 - 117 and under his reign the empire experienced its greatest expansion through the conquest of Armenia, Mesopotamia and especially the Dacian Empire (today Romania). Trajan's Column at the Roman Trajan Forum is a triumphal monument, erected to celebrate the emperor and to remind the Romans of the efforts of the emperor and the army during the wars against the Dacians.

The monument consists of a cube-shaped base to hold Trajan's ashes and a 27 m high column shaft covered with a spiral frieze 1 m high and 200 m long. It took only 5 years to complete the immense sculptural work (2,500 figures) and the column was inaugurated in 113, a year after the completion of Trajan's Forum. In this monument, Trajan (who is depicted a total of 60 times) and the army were depicted as dedicated to unity, since, according to Trajan's conviction, only unity can lead to victory. At the very top, on a platform, there was originally a gilded statue of Trajan, which was melted down in the Middle Ages. From 1587, a statue of the apostle Peter, which has survived to the present day, stands there.

The Mainz Museum of Ancient Seafaring owns several casts of Trajan's Column showing ship scenes during the campaign against the Dacians.

The late Romanesque Saint Peter’s Evangelical Church, originally built in the 13th century and renovated in the 19th century, towering over the town of Bacharach, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ig: Voyageblonde

Good Morning from the vineyards of Rhineland-Palatinate :)

Mainz. Rheinpromenade. Uferstrasse.

Charming towns of Rhine Valley, Bacharach, Germany

“ The Painter’s Corner, Bacharach / Germany .”

Coat of arms of Büdesheim, a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany

Moselle River Bike & Boat Tour (2) by badnewf

Via Flickr:

(1) Reichsburg Castle, Cochem. We met our boat, the Iris, near this decorative wine press. (2) Cochem, from Reichsburg Castle.     

Shores of the Laach Lake, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

German vintage postcard, mailed in 1915

Vines covering streets, Traben-Trarbach / Germany

Music Is Heaven by Oliver Schoepgens Via Flickr: Carmelite Church of St Joseph / Beilstein / Cochem-Zell / Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany [EXPLORE - 2024-01-20] Please have a look at my albums: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums