Other sights in Rhineland Palatinate
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Monastery
If you saw the 1986 film The Name of the Rose, starring Sean Connery, you've already seen parts of this one-time Cistercian monastery, in which many of the interior scenes were shot. Dating from as far back as the 12th century and once home to 150 or more monks and perhaps 400 lay brothers, this graceful complex - in an idyllic little valley - went through periods as a lunatic asylum, jail, sheep pen and accommodation for WWII refugees. Today visitors can explore the 13th- and 14th-century Kreuzgang (cloister), the monks' baroque refectory and their vaulted Gothic Monchdormitorium (dormitory), as well as the austere Romanesque Klosterkirche (basilica).
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Dom St Martin cathedral
Mainz' famed cathedral, is one of Germany's most magnificent houses of worship. The focal point of the Altstadt, this richly detailed mountain of reddish sandstone, topped by an octagonal tower, went through a literal baptism by fire when the original burned down on the day of its consecration in 1009, an event whose millennium was marked in 2009. Much of what you see today is quintessential 12th-century Romanesque. Over the centuries seven coronations were held here.
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Parish Church
Medieval power woman Hildegard von Bingen's elaborate gold reliquary shrine, containing her heart, hair, tongue and skull, is prominently displayed inside the parish church, attracting pilgrims from around the world, especially on 17 September, the anniversary of her death.
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Burg Sooneck
The state-owned Burg Sooneck, an impressive castle, was carefully restored in the 19th century and is filled with neo-Gothic and Biedermeier furniture and paintings.
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Schatzkammer
In the Schatzkammer, you can see bejewelled ritual objects from as far back as the 10th century (English-language pamphlet available).
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