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Mainz Citadel

The Mainzer Zitadelle is situated at the fringe of Mainz Old Town, near . The fortress was constructed in 1660 and was an important part of the Fortress Mainz.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: was built in its present form around 1660 and was the important part of the Fortress of Mainz
  • Also known as: “Citadel of Mainz”, “Mainzer Zitadelle”, and “Zitadelle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roman Theatre Archaeological Site and Drususstein.

Archaeological site
Photo: Kandschwar, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The Roman Theatre in , Rhineland Palatinate was excavated in the late 1990s. It is located immediately next to the and was once the largest Roman theatre north of the , with a diameter of 116 metres, a stage-width of 42 metres, and a capacity of roughly ten thousand people. is situated 240 metres east of Mainz Citadel.

Memorial
Photo: Martin Bahmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a nearly 20-metre-high masonry block of Roman origin in the grounds of the citadel of , Germany. It was originally cased in marble. is situated 100 metres south of Mainz Citadel.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a station in the city of , the capital of the German state of on the Main Railway from Mainz to . is situated 280 metres east of Mainz Citadel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Siedlung am Fichteplatz and Altstadt.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
is a district of the city , which is the capital of the German state in western . Kastel is the historical bridgehead of , the capital of the German state and is located on the right side of the Rhine river.

Mainz Citadel

Latitude
49.99308° or 49° 59′ 35″ north
Longitude
8.27434° or 8° 16′ 28″ east
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
Open location code
8FXCX7VF+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22310637
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
12060363
Wiki­data ID
Q206198
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Mainz Citadel” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ciutadella de Magúncia”
  • Chinese: “美因茨城塞”
  • Chinese: “美因茨要塞”
  • Dutch: “Citadel van Mainz”
  • Dutch: “Mainzer Zitadelle”
  • Esperanto: “Citadelo Majenco”
  • Finnish: “Mainzer Zitadelle”
  • Finnish: “Mainzin linnoitus”
  • French: “citadelle de Mayence”
  • French: “Citadelle de Mayence”
  • German: “Mainzer Zitadelle”
  • German: “Zitadelle Mainz”
  • Italian: “Cittadella di Magonza”
  • Russian: “Mainzer Zitadelle”
  • Russian: “Цитадель Майнца”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Maguncia”
  • Spanish: “Mainzer Zitadelle”
  • Swedish: “Citadellet av Mainz”
  • Swedish: “Mainzer Zitadelle”

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mainz Citadel”. Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 3.0.