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Porta Nigra

city gate of Trier
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Summary

Porta Nigra is a city gate[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city gate entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,930 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Trier[3]
  • Country: Germany[4]
  • Architectural style: ancient Roman architecture[5]
  • Part of: Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site[6], Trier[7]
  • Commons category: Porta Nigra[8]
  • Inception: 180[9]
  • Significant event: construction[10], conflagration[11]
  • Official website: http://zentrum-der-antike.de/monumente/porta-nigra/die-porta-nigra.html[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Porta Nigra[13]
  • Commons gallery: Porta Nigra[14]
  • Described at URL: http://www.trier-info.de/portanigra-info[15], https://kulturdb.de/einobjekt.php?id=3178[16]
  • Heritage designation: cultural heritage monument in Rhineland-Palatinate[17], part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[18]
  • Native label: Porta Nigra[19]
  • Different from: Q33057360[20]
  • Hashtag: PortaNigra[21]

Why It Matters

Porta Nigra has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Germany Trier

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . arachne.dainst.org. arachne.dainst.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . lessentiel.lu. lessentiel.lu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24w ago · Yuriklim · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Porta Nigra
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Trier
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 49.759722222222, 'lon': 6.6438888888889}
    Country → Germany
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Heritage designation: cultural heritage monument in Rhineland-Palatinate"
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