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Practical Information
Road map B5. * 190,000.
n Brückenturm, Rheinstraße 55
(06131-24 28 88). _ Mainzer
Fastnacht (Jan/Feb), Johannis-
nacht (Jun), OpenOhr Festival
(Whitsun), Mainzer Zeltfestival
(end of Jun/early Jul) Weinforum
Rheinhessen (Oct). ∑ mainz.de
Transport
£ k Frankfurt am Main, 38 km
(23 miles) east.
Landing stage for boats on the Rhine
Roman engin eers. Although
beautiful blue background, some 100 years later. The niche some of its pillars were 23 m
they depict biblical scenes, below the tower contains the (75 ft) high, the present remains
including Abraham with the Holy Tomb (around 1450). only reach up to 10 m (32 ft).
three travellers, the Patriarch
pleading to God to spare the T Römersteine Environs
righteous in Sodom and Southeast of the University The pride of Oppenheim, a
Gomorrah, Jacob’s dream, and campus are the impressive centre of the wine trade 20 km
Moses with the Tablets of the remains of the Roman aqueduct, (12 miles) to the south, is its
Ten Commandments. dating from the 1st century AD. Gothic Katharinenkirche, a
The church interior contains The Zahlbach valley was a church built of red sandstone
many other interesting orig inal vantage point for the in the 13th–14th centuries.
features. The four large brass southwestern flank of the Roman The neighbouring hill and the
candelabra were cast in Mainz camp, Castrum Moguntiacum, ruins of Landskron castle
in 1509. The small polyptych but it presen ted a major provide the most spectacular
depicting the Crucifixion dates technical problem of supplying view over the Rhine valley. The
from around 1400, while its the camp with drinking water. Weinbaumuseum, museum of
movable wings were made The aqueduct was built by viticulture, is also worth visiting.

Mainz City Centre
1 Kurfürstliches Schloß Kurfürstliches RHEINALLEE
Schloss
2 Gutenberg-Museum
RHEINU FE R
3 Mainzer Dom 25 km (15 miles)
Flughafen
4 Gutenbergplatz KAISER-FRIEDRICH-STR. Jupiter- Deutschhaus
5 Kirschgarten BAUHOFSTRASSE saule
6 St Stephan-Kirche St Peter
HINTERE BLEICHE Landesmuseum Zeughaus Rhein
MITTLERE BLEICHE
BAUERNGASSE
Mainz
Hauptbahnhof BOPPSTRASSE EMMERANSSTRASSE KARMELITERSTR. ADE NAU ERU FE R
200m (220 yards) Eiserner
GROSSE BLEICHE KLARASTRASSE SCHUSTERSTRASSE Turm RHEINSTRASSE
STEINGASSE STADTHAUSSTRASSE Knebelscher
Hof
Rathaus
BAHNHOF
STRASSE
BINGER STR. Domus MAILANDSGASSE
Universitatis Gutenberg-
Museum
Staatsheater SCHÖFFERSTR. MARKT LIEBFRAUEN-
Mainz PLATZ
SCHILLERSTRASSE
UMBACH GROSSE LANGGASSE
LUDWIGSSTR. GUTENBERG- Mainzer GALLUSGASSE OPPENHEIM
MÜNSTERSTRASSE
Dom
PLATZ
ALICENSTRASSE
GREBENSTRASSE
Fastnacht- NASENGÄSSCHEN
WALPODENSTRASSE
brunnen W EISSLILIENGASSE AUGUSTINERSTR. H IMM ELG.
GARTEN
GAUSTRASSE STEFANS BERG KIRSCH- BADERG.
KUPFERBERGTERRASSE
0 metres 250 Kirche
St Stephan
0 yards 250 STEFANSTRASSE
Römersteine For key to symbols see back flap
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