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==Main sights== <!-- Hard to order these, chronological by topic makes some sense --> [[File:Landtagsgebaeude Rheinland Pfalz.jpg|thumb|The [[Deutschhaus Mainz|Deutschhaus]], the House of Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate]] [[File:Christuskirche in Mainz.jpg|thumb|Kaiserstraße ("Emperor Street") with boulevard and [[Christuskirche (Mainz)|Christuskirche]]]] [[File:Mainz-Theodor-Heuss-Bruecke-2005-05-16a.jpg|thumb|[[Theodor Heuss Bridge (Mainz-Wiesbaden)|Theodor Heuss Bridge]]]] [[File:Nave and main altar - Augustinerkirche - Mainz - Germany 2017.jpg|thumb|Interior of the [[Augustinerkirche, Mainz|Augustinian Church]]]] *[[Romano-Germanic Central Museum (Mainz)|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|Mainz Cathedral of St. Martin]] (''Mainzer Dom''), over 1,000 years old. *[[St. John's Church, Mainz|St. John's Church]], 7th-century church building *[[Staatstheater Mainz]] *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 – the half south of the cathedral survived World War II. *The [[Arsenal, Mainz|old arsenal]], the central arsenal of the fortress Mainz during the 17th and 18th century *The [[Electoral Palace Mainz|Electoral Palace]] (''Kurfürstliches Schloss''), residence of the [[prince-elector]]. *The [[Marktbrunnen (Mainz)|Marktbrunnen]], one of the largest Renaissance fountains in Germany. *''Domus Universitatis'' (1615), for centuries the tallest edifice in Mainz. *Christ Church (''[[Christuskirche (Mainz)|Christuskirche]]''), built 1898–1903, bombed in 1945 and rebuilt in 1948–1954. *The [[St. Stephen's Church, Mainz|Church of St. Stephan]], with post-war windows by [[Marc Chagall]]. *[[Zitadelle Mainz|Citadel]]. *The ruins of the church [[St. Christoph, Mainz|St. Christoph]], a World War II memorial *''Schönborner Hof'' (1668). *[[Rococo]] churches of St. Augustin (the [[Augustinerkirche, Mainz]]) and [[St. Peter's Church, Mainz|St. Peter]] (the Peterskirche, Mainz). *Churches of St. Ignatius (1763) and [[St. Quintin's Church, Mainz|St. Quintin]]. *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. *[[New synagogue Mainz|New synagogue in Mainz]] *[[Hauptfriedhof Mainz]] *Old Jewish Cemetery Mainz (''Judensand'') – [[ShUM-cities|ShUM city]] of Mainz, UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]]<ref name="Centre" /> *Kunsthalle Mainz – museum for contemporary art *[[Humbrechthof]], later called Schöfferhof, the building in which Johannes Gutenberg developed his technique of printing
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