Mainz - Main Sights

Main Sights

• Romano-Germanic Central Museum (Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum). It is home to Roman, Medieval, and earlier artifacts.
• Museum of Ancient Seafaring (Museum für Antike Schifffahrt). It houses the remains of five Roman boats from the late 4th century, discovered in the 1980s.
• Roman remains, including Jupiter's column, Drusus' mausoleum, the ruins of the theatre and the aqueduct.
• Mainz Cathedral of St. Martin (Mainzer Dom), over 1,000 years old.
• The Iron Tower (Eisenturm, tower at the former iron market), a 13th-century gate-tower.
• The Wood Tower (Holzturm, tower at the former wood market), a 15th-century gate tower.
• The Gutenberg Museum – exhibits an original Gutenberg Bible amongst many other printed books from the 15th century and later.
• The Mainz Old Town – what's left of it, the quarter south of the cathedral survived World War II.
• The Electoral Palace (Kurfürstliches Schloss), residence of the prince-elector.
• The Marktbrunnen, one of the largest Renaissance fountains in Germany.
• Domus Universitatis (1615), for centuries the tallest edifice in Mainz.
• Christ Church (Christuskirche), built 1898–1903, bombed in 1945 and rebuilt in 1948–1954.
• The Church of St. Stephan, with post-war windows by Marc Chagall.
• Citadel.
• Schönborner Hof (1668).
• Rococo churches of St. Augustin (the Augustinerkirche, Mainz) and St. Peter (the Petruskirche, Mainz).
• Church of St. Ignatius (1763).
• Erthaler Hof (1743)
• The Baroque Bassenheimer Hof (1750)
• The Botanischer Garten der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, a botanical garden maintained by the university
• Landesmuseum Mainz, state museum with archaeology and art.
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) - one of the largest public German TV-Broadcaster