Facts in brief:
Located on Mosel river, surrounded by foothills; was capital of Germanic Treveri tribe, conquered by Romans; captured by Franks 5th cen.; flourished under archbishops; went to France 1797, to Prussia 1815; was occupied after WW I & badly damaged in WW II.
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