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The University in Mainz (actually the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz) dates back to 1477, receiving papal approval during the bishopric of Diether von Isenburg.
This building (bang in the middle of town) is relatively young – not quite 400 years old.
Mainz being Mainz, there was the usual kerfuffle during the various occupations/sieges/re-occupations and whathaveyou and it’s really only since 1946, when the French occupying administration decreed that the University be “enabled to resume its function”, that it’s been able to get on with the job in a reasonably consistent manner.
Temporary accommodations were found in decommissioned military barracks just up from the station on the road to Gonso where it’s remained to this day, making it one of the few campus based universities in Germany
11 faculties.
35,000 students.
One of whom wasn’t getting a lot of sleep one night last week…
Mainz Daily Photo 
>Lecturing again huh??V
>Poet is Donald Justice–oops!
>Reminds me of a poem by Donald Justic, “Poem to be Read at 3 A.M.”The space probably will not copy the format, but each line is no longer than 2-3 lines:Excepting the dinerOn the outskirtsThe town of LadoraAt 3 A.M.Was dark butFor my headlightsAnd up inOne second-story roomA single lightWhere someoneWas sick orPerhaps readingAs I drove pastAt seventyNot thinkingThis poemIs for whoeverHad the light on
>it was someone busy blogging maybe :-)Wow. I would like to see how the older buildings look like. 400 years old?
>I like the building and it looks good for its age.