The Gutenbergplatz is an important square in the German city of Mainz, in terms of building culture and urban development. It was named after Johannes Gutenberg, who was born in Mainz. Gutenbergplatz is the largest and most important square in the city centre of Mainz. Due to its social and urban history, the square has been designated a monument zone. History Mainz and its inner city were heavily destroyed at the beginning of the 19th century after the coalition wars and the siege of Mainz in 1793. During the occupation of Mainz from 1792 and its integration into the French First Republic from 1801 onwards, Mainz became the capital of the Département du Mont-Tonnerre. On 22 June 1804, Mainz became a Bonne ville de l'Empire français by order of Napoleon Bonaparte. On 1 June 1804, Mainz became the capital of the Département du Mont-Tonnerre. On 1 June 1804, Mainz became a Bonne ville de l'Empire français. In October 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte decided in a decree to build a new boulevard and a representative area in the heart of the city centre of Mainz. The French architect Eustache de Saint-Far was commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte to plan the redesign of the district. Eustache de Saint-Far became "Ingénieur en chef au corps Impérial des Ponts et Chaussées du Département Mont Tonnerre et de la Sarre" in 1802. Eustache de Saint-Far planned a street leading from the animal market, today's Schillerplatz, to the new square. The starting point of this street was the Bassenheimer Hof as ″Point de vue″. In 1809 the construction of the street with the name "Grande Rue Napoléon" began, in 1814 the street was renamed "Neue Straße" or new street. Later the street was renamed after Ludwig I. of Hessen-Darmstadt. It still bears the name Ludwigsstraße today. Due to the construction of the street and the Gutenbergplatz, some buildings had to be demolished. The church of the Agnetenkloster, the Sebastians chapel, the Mainz cathedral provost built between 1781 and 1786 by François Ignace Mangin on behalf of cathedral provost Damian Friedrich von der Leyen and the ruins of the Jesuit church built between 1742 and 1746 on behalf of Balthasar Neumann were demolished. Due to the ongoing coalition wars and the associated shortage of money, the large-scale project of a new parade street and an associated square had to be abandoned at the beginning of construction. The area of