The Kaiserpfalz Franconofurd is a collection of stone ruins sheltered beneath the modern Stadthaus am Markt. You can recognize this site by the way the contemporary structure houses these ancient layers, preserving stone walls from a…
Frankfurt Through Time
Trace Frankfurt's evolution from a Carolingian royal seat and imperial election site to a center of German democracy and European finance.
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2. Frankfurt Cathedral
The Frankfurt Cathedral, or Kaiserdom Sankt Bartholomäus, rises above the city with a distinctive west tower built of red sandstone that reaches ninety-five meters into the sky. Despite its title, it has never been the seat of a bishop,…
3. Frankfurter Römer
The Frankfurter Römer is a complex of three adjoining houses recognizable by their distinctive triple-stepped gable facade. On March eleventh, fourteen oh five, the city council purchased the middle house, known as the House of the Roman,…
4. St. Paul's Church
St. Paul’s Church, or the Paulskirche, is a distinctive, oval-shaped building of red sandstone located in the heart of Frankfurt’s Old Town. Completed in eighteen thirty-three after decades of construction, it served as a Protestant church…
5. Alte Oper
The Alte Oper rises over the Opernplatz with a grand, thirty-four-meter-high Renaissance Revival facade. You can recognize it by the imposing, ornate stone exterior that hides a modern concert hall interior. Originally opened in eighteen…
6. Eurotower
The Eurotower is a forty-story skyscraper rising one hundred forty-eight meters over Willy-Brandt-Platz. You can identify the site by the massive, glowing euro symbol sculpture positioned in the plaza directly in front of the building.…