In 1848 St. Paul's was appropriated to the sessions of the German parliament, to which purpose the structure was well suited.[{160}]
The Liebfrauenkirche has a fine "Adoration" sculptured above its principal portal. It is a good example of German sculpture in stone. Within the walls is a painting attributed to Martin Schoen which merits consideration.
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MAYENCE
Mayence has been variously called the city of Gutenberg, and of the Minnesingers. The Romans in Augustus's time had already fortified it and given it the name of Magontiacum.
Near Mayence is the cenotaph of Drusus, where his ashes were interred after the funeral oration by Augustus, who came expressly from Rome into Gaul for the purpose.
Mayence as a Roman colony was a military post of great importance, and the key to the fertile provinces watered by the Rhine.
An episcopal seat was established here in the third century, but Christianity had a hard struggle against wars and internal disorders of many kinds.