A Street in Mainz
by Sarah Loft
Title
A Street in Mainz
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Per Wikipedia: Mainz is the capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It was the capital of the Electorate of Mainz at the time of the Holy Roman Empire. In antiquity Mainz was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire; it was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and became the provincial capital of Germania Superior. The city is located on the river Rhine at its confluence with the Main opposite Wiesbaden, in the western part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main; in the modern age, Frankfurt shares much of its regional importance.
The city is famous as the home of the invention of the movable-type printing press, as the first books printed using movable type were manufactured in Mainz by Gutenberg in the early 1450s. Until the twentieth century, Mainz was usually referred to in English as Mayence.
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Featured in the Pleasing the Eye group, December 2016.
Featured in the Urban Images group, February 2017.
Featured in the Picturesque Neighborhoods Of The World group, April 2018.
Featured in the No Place Like Home group, October 2019.
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December 6th, 2016
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Skip Willits
The contrasts of the art of creating a street pleasing to the eye and the man commuting to work at the daily grind. All overseen by some kind of chicken...lol. What a great scene and wonderful photo.
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