Roman Theatre

The ancient theater from the times when Mainz was the most important city of Germania.

It is so exciting to see what once was the largest Roman theater north of the Alps. It is a shame - looking from our perspective - that so much of it was destroyed in 4th century and then in 19th ce...

Imagine what it was

Stones from the old Roman theatre were used to built the city walls in the middle of the 4th century. The theatre then fell outside the city walls and ignored while more and more stone was used for o...

Covered in plywood

June 2017 all the stone seating is covered in plywood. I think they want to do more preservation work, but perhaps need more funding? In any case this is tucked in behind a train station, hard to find...

So close to the train station you almost miss it.

I couldn't believe that the amphitheatre is so close to the station. That said it makes it easily accessible and well worth a visit.

Waste of time

I usually miss the Roman theaters, as during the years of travel I've seen many of them - both in Europe and on the Middle East. Better than theater in Bosra in Syria, I can hardly imagine. But Mainz...