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The market square in front of the cathedral is where you’ll find Germany’s oldest Renaissance well.
It dates back to 1526 and was erected by Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, Elector Prince and Archbishop of Mainz to celebrate Emperor Karl V’s victory at the Battle of Pavia in 1525.
A Virgin and Child figures crowns the structure, supported by St Martin, St Bonifatius and St Ulrich.
Below that, it gets quite busy and confusing, with cherubims, seraphims, skulls, drunks and naked farmers sprinkled liberally around.
No, I have NO idea why they would want to do that…
Mainz Daily Photo 
>I enjoyed reading about this and its a good picture too. Thanks for sharing.
>The renovation at regular intervals says something positive about the regard the town has for its statues, monuments, and places of interest. Good photo, John!
>I go past this well nearly every day, but until now never bothered to take a closer look at it.
>I love this! Absolutely, beautiful! Such wonderful deatails.
>It’ll have been renovated regularly over the years. It was placed in its current (and traditional) position as recently as 1975
>Hi John, and how does this part of the structure stay so elegant in color after all these years? It must be cleaned and repainted every few years? The age, back to the Renaissance, is remarkable as most of the stuff we have in this country looks very bad after a century of being out of doors. I was thinking of tombstones that are made from sandstone, marble and granite. Your post is also interesting to read.Abraham LincolnBrookville Daily Photo