Red Tower (Trier, Kaiserstraße)

Bastion Südallee

Exterior view

The Red Tower , also called Bastion (on) Südallee , is a building in the green belt monument zone in the Rhineland-Palatinate city ​​of Trier , Kaiserstraße opposite No. 24.

The round city ​​wall tower is a sandstone block structure and was built in 1543 by the city master builder. It is a preserved part of the razed city wall and was presented to it as a round tower.

The property was funded by the German Foundation for Monument Protection in 2012 and 2014 .

See also

• Red Tower (Trier) , part of the electoral palace in Trier, Konstantinplatz

Web links

Commons : Gruenguertel (Trier)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the former Rondell Tower (Mitte-Gartenfeld, municipality of Trier) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 1, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ denkmalschutz.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 1.6 ″  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 2 ″  E