Hesse - tourist attractions (page 2)

markerA Holy Cross Church in Frankfurt The Holy Cross Church (Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche) is a Roman Catholic church in the district Bornheim of Frankfurt am Main (Germany). It was built by Martin Weber from 1928 to 1929, on a rise then known as Bornheimer Hang. The church is an unusual example of interwar modernist as sacred architecture of Ba... Holy Cross Church in Frankfurt - photo
markerB Frankfurt Stock Exchange The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (German: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, FWB) is the world's 10th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. Located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is owned and operated by Deutsche Börse (FWB:  DB1), which also owns the European futures e... Frankfurt Stock Exchange - photo
markerC Main Tower Main Toweris a 56- storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. The building is 240 m (787 ft) when its antenna spire is included. The tower has five underground floors and two public viewing platforms. It is th... Main Tower - photo
markerD Hauptwache in Frankfurt am Main The Hauptwache is a central point of Frankfurt am Main and is one of the most famous plazas in the city. The original name Schillerplatzwas superseded in the early 1900s. The baroque building which gave the square its name was built in 1730. It was the headquarters of the city's Stadtwehr militia w... Hauptwache in Frankfurt am Main - photo
markerE Goethe Tower The Goethe Tower (German: Goetheturm) is a 43-metre high tower built entirely out of wood on the northern edge of the woods of Sachsenhausen near Frankfurt am Main. After the Jahrtausendturm, the two towers of the Brück aerial testing facility, the Blumenthal Observation Tower, and the Linsen Tower.... Goethe Tower - photo
markerF St. Catherine's Church in Frankfurt St. Catherine's Church (German: Katharinenkirche) is the largest Lutheran church in Frankfurt am Main, dedicated to the martyred early Christian saint, Catherine of Alexandria. It is located in the old city centre near one of the most famous plazas in the city, the Hauptwache (Main Guard). The curr... St. Catherine's Church in Frankfurt - photo
markerG Frankfurt Cathedral Frankfurt Cathedral (German: Frankfurter Dom, officially Kaiserdom Sankt Bartholomäus) is a Gothic church located in the centre of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew. Frankfurt Cathedral was an imperial collegiate church, termed Dom in German - a synecdoche for all col... Frankfurt Cathedral - photo
markerH Alte Oper The Alte Oper (Old Opera) is a concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1880, bombed in 1944, and rebuilt slowly in the 1970s, reopening only in 1981. The city's opera company operates now at a nearby modern building while the Alte Oper serves as home ... Alte Oper - photo
markerI Eschenheimer Turm Eschenheimer Turm (Eschenheim Tower) was a city gate part of the late-medieval fortifications of Frankfurt am Main and is a landmark of the city. The tower, which was erected at the beginning of the fifteenth century, is at once the oldest and most unaltered building in the largely reconstructed Fra... Eschenheimer Turm - photo
markerJ Städel The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt am Main, with one of the most important collections in Germany. The Städel owns 2,700 paintings (of which 600 are displayed) and a collection of 100,000 drawings and prints as well as 600 scul... Städel - photo

Hesse - Tourist attractions

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