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Mainz Citadel
Fortress
Fortress built in 1660 with guided tours & occasional events, including theatrical performances.
4.40 (2K reviews)
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Fastnachtsbrunnen
Historical landmark
This fountain comprised of 200+ whimsical bronze figures celebrates the festive Carnival season.
4.60 (1.9K reviews)
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Kurfürstliches Schloss
Historical landmark
17th-century Renaissance palace, rebuilt after WWII, with state-of-the-art conferencing facilities.
4.40 (896 reviews)
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Roman Theatre
Historical landmark
👍 These are some very impressive Roman ruins - definitely worth a visit
4.20 (566 reviews)
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Kupferberg Mainz
Restaurant
Events venue in former HQ of wine company, with medieval cellars & parkland (also open for tours).
$$$ $
4.20 (401 reviews)
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Nagelsäule
Memorial
Oak-wood column erected in 1916 & decorated with nails donated by locals as a WWI fundraiser.
4.40 (232 reviews)
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Sanctuary of Isis and Magna Mater
Historical landmark
👍👍 The Isis Temple is a very interesting excavation site in Mainz and very well preserved in the form of the Roman passage!!
You should let yourself be guided because the lady already had a lot of informative things to say, so the tour was very clear!!!
In any case, an archaeological enrichment for eve...
4.70 (228 reviews)
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Gautor
Historical landmark
This 17th-century baroque sandstone gate was once part of the fortifications surrounding the city.
4.10 (190 reviews)
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Roman Aqueduct Ruins
Historical landmark
👍👍 Super cool location, not just one or two pillars, but pillars all along the path that goes over the ridge line. Highly recommended.
4.50 (188 reviews)
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St. Christoph’s Church
Historical landmark
👍👍 St. Christoph Mainz
is an early Gothic church built between 1240 and 1330 in Mainz
was built. The church was the baptismal church of John
Gutenberg. She is on Christof Street named after her
Old town and borders on Karmeliterplatz.
4.60 (164 reviews)
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Mainzer Unterwelten e.V.
Historical landmark
Guided, multilingual tours of the historic tunnels, bunkers & catacombs under Fort Josef.
4.50 (137 reviews)
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Marktbrunnen
Historical landmark
👍👍 A highly ornamented Renaissance fountain built in 16th century. It sits at one corner of the lovely market plaza to form a charming historical attraction. Believe it or not, the plaza and most of its surrounding buildings were rebuilt after heavy bombing in WWII. The fountain however was the origina...
4.60 (88 reviews)
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Drususstein
Cultural landmark
😐 The tomb of the Roman legions for their deceased general Drusus is a historic watchtower at the southern end of Mainz city center in the immediate vicinity of the citadel. I found it very significant that a waiter at the local Café Zitadelle couldn't do anything with the name, even though the Drusus...
4.40 (64 reviews)
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Eisenturm
Historical landmark
👍👍 Der Eisenturm ist wie der Holzturm einer der 3 erhaltenen Stadttürme der mittelalterlichen Stadtmauer von Mainz. Optisch sehen sich Holzturm und Eisenturm zum Verwechseln ähnlich, vor allem wegen der identischen Farbgebung. Der Eisenturm ist jedoch nicht sehr hoch und hat beidseitig Anbauten, währen...
4.20 (63 reviews)
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barocker "Neuer Brunnen" mit Obelisk
Historical landmark
👍 Mainz's drinking water fountain at the time, the "Neuer Brunnen" on Neubrunnenplatz, was built around 1726 and gave the square its name. "Neubrunnenplatz"
This well supplied the drinking water for the newly built residential area, the so-called Bleichviertel...
The spring water was led from the spri...
4.20 (62 reviews)
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Römertor
Historical landmark
👍👍 In 1985, during construction work for a residential complex on the “Kästrich” in Mainz's upper town, remains of the walls of the late antique Mogontiacum were discovered. It was a Roman city gate from the 4th century as well as the well-preserved pavement of the street leading through it and parts o...
4.30 (61 reviews)
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Haus zum Aschaffenberg
Historical landmark
👍👍 A beautiful half-timbered house, it is the oldest in Mainz, it was built in the 15th century.
The cellar and significant parts of the half-timbered construction date from the late Middle Ages. The Haus zum Aschaffenberg was mentioned in a document in 1448 in connection with Johannes Gutenberg.
4.60 (57 reviews)