The Dom (cathedral) of the archbishopric-electorate of Mainz (Mayence) was often the scene of key events in German and European history. It was built around 1000 by archbishop Willigis at a size rivaling Rome's first St.Peter to support ...See moreThe Dom (cathedral) of the archbishopric-electorate of Mainz (Mayence) was often the scene of key events in German and European history. It was built around 1000 by archbishop Willigis at a size rivaling Rome's first St.Peter to support the see's claim to replace Charlemagne's palatine chapel in Aachen as German royal crowning site, prelude to imperial crowning in Rome, but only become a first act before Aachen. Dark chapters were the Thirty Years War, the French Revolution which ended in its secularization and the World War II bombing. Written by
KGF Vissers
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