(48K) 645 x 432	Welcome to Mainz, an ecclesiastical center since 746, when Boniface was bishop. Since 962, the Archbishop of Mainz was one of the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire.	(56K) 432 x 645	St. Martin Cathedral (Mainzer Dom). In 1037 the main portions were complete, and most of the present day cathedral was built before the 14th century.
(56K) 432 x 645	The Mainz Cathedral represents the high-point of Romanesque cathedral architecture.	(47K) 432 x 645	The massive Cathedral structure, with ts enormous red-sandstone, six-towered body looms over courtyard and commands a prominent place in the skyline of Mainz.
(81K) 645 x 432	Statuary of the Pieta.	(80K) 432 x 645	Fr. Frank views a crucifixion scene.
(99K) 645 x 432	A side chapel with ornate altar and massive baptismal font.	(43K) 432 x 645	Statue of St Willigis (975-1011) who founded the Cathedral, or St. Boniface.
(46K) 432 x 645	Mainz is also the home of Johann Gutenberg, credited with the invention of the modern printing press with movable type.	(45K) 645 x 432	The 19th century Christ Cathedral, which is the protestant counterpart to the 1,000-year-old catholic Mainz Cathedral.
(53K) 645 x 432	Our boat for a cruise on the Rhine River from Bingen (near Mainz) to St. Goar.	(30K) 645 x 432	The "Mouse Tower". According to the legend, during a famine, a cruel-hearted tyrant was pursued into the tower by thousands of mice.
(49K) 645 x 432	Castle Rheinstein	(70K) 645 x 432	A little chapel along the river.
(45K) 645 x 432	Burg Reichenstein. One of the oldest castles on the Rhine (11th century). Perched on a rocky ridge, its mighty wall and defensive towers contributed to the strength of its position on the Rhine.	(29K) 432 x 645	Ruins of Fort Furstenberg
(34K) 645 x 432	Bacharach and Castle Stahleck	(45K) 645 x 432	Oberwesel and Castle Schonburg
(54K) 645 x 432	One of many towers in Oberwesel	(47K) 645 x 432	St. Goarshausen and Katz Castle