Apr 17 2009
Frankfurt, Modernity and Antiquity, in Perfect Harmony
Frankfurt is a city that maintains the balance between modernity and antiquity, the bustle of a big city and the tranquility of its old town and it transmits its river trade and culture. In fact, it’s one of those cities where I do not mind living.
It is considered the most international city in Germany is the country’s financial capital has a privileged location in the hub of communications, which has been used as a center of trade since the twelfth century, attracting people from the Baltic and the Mediterranean.
Overview of Frankfurt, Germany
The most animated of the city is on the Hauptwache, where the prison is famous for having been a prisoner of Goethe. Its large and modern skyscrapers that have dubbed him Mainhatten, such as Commerzbank headquarters, designed by Norman Foster.
In the old surprise us Roemer, a set of bourgeois houses of medieval times, today occupied by units of the City Council. Right in front of this plaza, we’ll Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen, ie, the Fountain of Justice, which tells the story that sprang red and white wine during the coronation of the Emperors.
Roemer, set in medieval Frankfurt, Germany
South of the square, is the Wertheym Haus, home of the only Gothic-style structure that survived the bombings of World War II. The church of San Pablo is just a few meters, and is famous for hosting an important historical fact, the first German National Assembly elected after the revolution of March, and is the symbol of freedom and democracy in Germany.
The Goethe House Museum, home to the author’s birthplace, is beautiful to watch as first the restoration work done is impressive, and secondly because it shows paintings and manuscripts of the greatest poet of the country.
The largest science museum in Germany is also in Frankfurt and shows the development of animal species over millions of years.
Once evening falls, the street Berger will give us a good time in their taverns, bars and restaurants.
Frankfurt is a city that does not disappoint, quite the contrary, it is surprising and transmits that balance between modernity and tradition are called.
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