An afternoon in Mainz

I'll have a free afternoon in Mainz after a business trip to the
Frankfurt area and would appreciate recommendations for a site or two
that I could visit. My main interests are history, music and (for lack
of a better term) "oddities", i.e., unusual things that say something
about the local character. I'm not so interested in the graphic arts.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


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Mainz is a lovely town on the confluence of the Main and Rhine rivers and is
great for walking. There is an impressive cathedral and 3 baroque churches.
There is the Gutenberg museum and a museum of Roman ships. Near the Dom
(cathedral) there are interesting outdoor markets, and most of the city
consists of pedestrian malls.
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I'll have a free afternoon in Mainz after a business trip to the
Frankfurt area and would appreciate recommendations for a site or two
that I could visit. My main interests are history, music and (for lack
of a better term) "oddities", i.e., unusual things that say something
about the local character. I'm not so interested in the graphic arts.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


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In article whH%e.189730$084.121627@attbi_s22, The Next Guy
wrote:

I'll have a free afternoon in Mainz after a business trip to the
Frankfurt area and would appreciate recommendations for a site or two
that I could visit. My main interests are history, music and (for lack
of a better term) "oddities", i.e., unusual things that say something
about the local character. I'm not so interested in the graphic arts.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

The Gutenberg Museum, particularly if you happen upon a group getting a
tour and demonstration, as I did once with some students, certainly
counts as history. The cathedral is nice. There are several nice
museums, one very large. OK, I'm very much into history myself. 8-)

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In article oCI%e.45781$tl2.2720@pd7tw3no, "Leland Windreich"
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a museum of Roman ships

??? Where is that? I must have missed that one.

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The Gutenberg Museum, particularly if you happen upon a group getting a
tour and demonstration, as I did once with some students, certainly
counts as history. The cathedral is nice. There are several nice
museums, one very large. OK, I'm very much into history myself. 8-)

Thanks very much! Looks like the Gutenberg Museum is only a few minutes
walk from my hotel.


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erilar wrote:
In article oCI%e.45781$tl2.2720@pd7tw3no, "Leland Windreich"
wrote:


a museum of Roman ships


??? Where is that? I must have missed that one.


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In article oCI%e.45781$tl2.2720@pd7tw3no, (Leland
Windreich) wrote:

*From:* "Leland Windreich"
*Date:* Sun, 02 Oct 2005 03:37:56 GMT

Mainz is a lovely town on the confluence of the Main and Rhine rivers
and is great for walking. There is an impressive cathedral and 3
baroque churches. There is the Gutenberg museum and a museum of Roman
ships. Near the Dom (cathedral) there are interesting outdoor
markets, and most of the city consists of pedestrian malls.
"The Next Guy" wrote in message
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I'll have a free afternoon in Mainz after a business trip to the
Frankfurt area and would appreciate recommendations for a site or two
that I could visit. My main interests are history, music

One of the churches - I forget which - has a magnificent organ; one of the
best recitals I've ever attended was there. (I arrived a bit late and
didn't get a programme - in fact, there /wasn't/ a programme, but I didn't
know that at first. So I spent the whole concert thinking "hmm...Liszt?
No, that bit sounds more French, maybe Franck...but that reminds me of
Messiaen...what /is/ this piece?" before realising the entire recital was
improvised!)

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