Northern part of the city center and the River bank of Rhine

In the northern part of the city center, you can find the river banks of Rhine, Rheinstrasse, the Landestag, the famous Electoral Palace, museums, the city hall and Kaiserstrasse with its Christ Church. The area is a mix of grey modernist buildings and historical baroque buildings.

Theodor-Heuss-Brücke goes over River Rhine (Rhein) to the district Kastel in the city of Wiesbaden. It is possible to walk over the bridge, but I had no power left after a whole day of walking.

Relaxing at the River Rhine, that departs the state Rheinland-Falch from Hesse.

Along the riverbank.

The City Hall of Mainz (Rathaus) from 1973 was designed by the famous Danish architect/designer Arne Jacobsen and Otto Weitling and built with Swedish marble.
It looks very cold and horribly uninviting in my opinion.

Ugly or not, it is at least architecturally special.

Rheingoldhalle, a congress center, and Hilton hotel, was built in the same stiff style as the city hall, but is more boring.

River Rhine towards Wiesbaden.

Yet another church.

Some palms compete with the uglyness of Rheinstrasse.

St Cristoph, a ruined church. It was bombed by the allied ones during WWII.

In this early Gothic church, dating back from the 9th century, Johann Gutenberg was baptized. In its former eastern part a baptismal font is left.

Of course there is a Galeria Kaufhof even in Mainz. It has an ugly modern facade like most of the chain's other department stores.

Roman-Germanic Central Museum.

Roman-Germanic Central Museum.

Petruskirche, Church of St Peter is a baroque church at Grosse Bleiche.

Deutschhaus, a baroque palace from 1740, is the seat of the state Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag.

Note the mountains of the Rhein Valley in the background, behind Rheinstrasse.

Heavy traffic at Rheinstrasse.

The gate between Rhein (Rhine) and Rheinstrasse.

The Electoral Palace (Kurfürstliches Schloss zu Mainz) is the former city residence of the Archbishop of Mainz, who was also Prince-Elector of his electoral state within the Holy Roman Empire. It is one of the last and most important Renaissance buildings in Germany.

Kurfürstliches Schloss (electoral palace) seen from Rheinstrasse.

The Electoral Palace, here just before dusk, was built in 17th to 18th centuries. Parts of it were destroyed by Napoleon.

The restaurant of the palace.