Mainz · DE
Mainz Highlights: Cathedral, Gutenberg & Chagall
Red-sandstone cathedral, Gutenberg's printing revolution, Chagall's blue windows and the electors' palace — one old-town walk by the Rhine.
What's the walk about?
Welcome to Mainz, the two-thousand-year-old cathedral city on the Rhine and the place where Johannes Gutenberg changed the world with movable type. This gentle old-town walk threads together the essential Mainz: Marc Chagall's luminous blue windows in St. Stephan, the storybook half-timbered Kirschgarten, the market square beneath the towering Romanesque cathedral of St. Martin, the printing treasures of the Gutenberg Museum, the medieval Wood Tower, and the Rhine promenade leading to the red-sandstone Electoral Palace. From the hilltop church to the electors' residence on the river, you'll walk through faith, printing, art, and empire — all within an easy stroll of the Altstadt.
What you'll see
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Church of St. Stephan
Church
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Kirschgarten
square
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Mainz Cathedral (Mainzer Dom, St. Martin)
cathedral
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Marktplatz
square
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Gutenberg Museum
Museum
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Holzturm (Wood Tower)
tower
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Rhine Promenade (Fischtorplatz)
Promenade
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Kurfürstliches Schloss (Electoral Palace)
Palace