Photodump.

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Without much ceremony, here are some pictures taken several weeks ago in Mainz:



At some point it seemed to us that this is all there was to see: Carnival and churches.

This fountain celebrates Carnival or should I say Fastnacht?



Detail:



Apparently some of these are modelled on real people:



They had great flowerbeds (with the fountain again in the background):



Church Sankt Stephan:



The guide told us that it was the station for the Ligne Metz-Mayence. BBCnews magazine recently had an article on this precursor to the telegraph.

Today it is much more famous for the windows designed and painted by Marc Chagall.

Some details:







Graffiti:



Then there is the Dom, the cathedral, which dominates the city centre:





The inside is pretty hideous - one of the bleakest churches I've ever been inside.

In addition to the usual chains, Mainz still has lots of traditional shops:



The oldest part of the town:



We had a drink at Doctor Flotte.

The big farmers market next to the Cathedral:





And again the church:



The most famous son of the city, Johannes Gutenberg, the man who introduced Europe to movable type printing, has his own museum: