Constantine exhibition in Trier
The Constantine Exhibition in Trier was an exhibition about the late antique Emperor Constantine I , which took place from June 2nd to November 4th 2007 in Trier . Trier, the ancient Augusta Treverorum , was one of the early residences of Constantine.
The exhibition was a contribution to the Luxembourg and Greater Region European Capital of Culture 2007 program . It was under the patronage of Federal President Horst Köhler and was organized by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate together with the Trier diocese and the city of Trier. The planning took about three years. In three museums ( Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier , Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum and the City Museum Simeonstift ) a total of around 1,400 exhibits from 20 countries were shown. These included numerous top pieces, such as the Esquiline Treasure from the British Museum in London or a three-meter-high replica of the Emperor's head from the statue of Constantine , which is in the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
The exhibition was also an economic success, with a total of almost 800,000 visits. Almost 354,000 tickets were sold to paying exhibition visitors. A catalog of over 500 pages has been published for the exhibition, edited by Alexander Demandt and Josef Engemann , in which contributions by numerous well-known scientists can be found; attached is a CD-ROM on which the exhibits are presented. A colloquium has also been published in which researchers have examined certain aspects of Constantine's reign in more detail.
literature
- Alexander Demandt , Josef Engemann (ed.): Konstantin der Große . Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-8053-3688-8 .
Remarks
- ↑ Information sheet of the European Tourism Institute ( Memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 42 kB)
- ↑ Constantine, what now? ( Memento from March 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )