"Frankfurt am Main" a Frankfurt am Main Travel Page by MissyWQ

Contrast of the old part of town ROMER (in foreground) and the business section
with skyscrapers that were not there forty years ago.The Old Romer was first built ...............
Thank God they rebuilt it to show the difference in History.

Römer
Government Building, Altstadt

City Hall. Three individual patrician buildings make up the Römer. From left to right, they are the Alt-Limpurg, the Zum Römer (from which the entire structure takes its name), and the Löwenstein. The mercantile-minded Frankfurt burghers used the complex not only for political and ceremonial purposes but also for trade fairs and other commercial ventures. Its gabled Gothic facade with an ornate balcony is widely known as the city's official emblem.

The most important events to take place in the Römer were the festivities celebrating the coronations of the Holy Roman emperors. The first was in 1562 in the glittering Kaisersaal (Imperial Hall), which was last used in 1792 to celebrate the election of the emperor Francis II, who would later be forced to abdicate by Napoléon. When no official business is being conducted, you can see the impressive, full-length 19th-century portraits of the 52 emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, which line the walls of the reconstructed banquet hall. COST: EUR1.50. OPEN: Daily 10-1 and 2-5; closed during official functions. Römer (U-bahn).

Go to the Oper Alte (U-underground subway station)- Old Opera House "plaza"
where the old lit-up magnificent building is. Nearby is shopping and restaunts for tourists.