Mainz

Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Sights

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• Roman-Germanic central museum (Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum) – Roman, Medieval, and earlier artifacts
• Antique Maritime Museum (Museum für Antike Schifffahrt) – the remains of five Roman boats from the late 4^th century, discovered in the 1980s
• Mainz Cathedral of St. Martin (Mainzer Dom) – over 1,000 years old
• The Iron Tower (Eisenturm, tower at the former iron market) – a tower from the 13^th century
• The Wood Tower (Holzturm, tower at the former wood market) – a tower from the 14^th century
• The Gutenberg Museum – exhibits an original Gutenberg Bible amongst many other printed books from the 15^th century and later
• The Mainz Old Town – what's left of it
• The Electoral Palace (Kurfürstliches Schloss) – residence of the prince-elector
• Christ Cathedral (Christuskirche) – built 1898–1903, bombed in ?45 and rebuilt in 1948–1954
• The Church of St. Stephan – with post-war windows by Marc Chagall