What to see Frankfurt, one day itinerary including the main monuments and places of interest, including town hall, coronation church, cathedral, archaeological garden and Goethe House.
Tourist information
Internationally, Frankfurt am Main is also well known for the fairs, covering many economic sectors, which are held there at all times of the year, in particular the book fair and the biennial car exhibition.
Geographically located in the Hesse region, bordered by the Main River, Frankfurt is the nation's largest financial center, where the Stock Exchange and the European Central Bank are based.
Frankfurt, the Frankish fort, was the coronation seat of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and is also the birthplace of Goethe.
During the Second World War the historic center was almost completely destroyed, the reconstruction concerned only the most important buildings, including the Romer, or the town hall, located on the central square Romerberg, the Paulskirche, which in 1848 was the seat of the first German democratic parliament , and the House of Goethe.
What see
Kaiserdom is the church where the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire were crowned.
The so-called Konigsweg, nicknamed the way of the kings, was the path reserved for the new emperor, who traveled along it to move from the Cathedral to the town hall on the Romerberg, followed by a procession to the banquet of the celebrations for the appointment.
In front of the cathedral there is an archaeological garden, where you can see the ruins of a Roman bath together with other remains of buildings dating back to the Carolingian era.
The Paulskirche, another building of historical importance, was the seat, from 1846 to 1849, of the Nationalversammlung, or the first democratic parliament in Germany.
Frankfurt is a city where historic buildings coexist with imposing skyscrapers, including the Messeturm, the Commerzbank tower and the Dresdnerbank, which are the tallest skyscrapers in Europe.
