Old Mainz Trapped in Modern Mainz

This modern building is directly across the square from the Mainz Cathedral.... more

by Sarah Loft

Title

Old Mainz Trapped in Modern Mainz

Artist

Sarah Loft

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

This modern building is directly across the square from the Mainz Cathedral.

Per Wikipedia: Mainz is the capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It was the capital of the Electorate of Mainz at the time of the Holy Roman Empire. In antiquity Mainz was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire; it was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and became the provincial capital of Germania Superior. The city is located on the river Rhine at its confluence with the Main opposite Wiesbaden, in the western part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main; in the modern age, Frankfurt shares much of its regional importance.

The city is famous as the home of the invention of the movable-type printing press, as the first books printed using movable type were manufactured in Mainz by Gutenberg in the early 1450s. Until the twentieth century, Mainz was usually referred to in English as Mayence.

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Featured in the Pleasing the Eye group, October 2015.

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October 25th, 2015