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-  * River cruise
+  * Elbestrasse 51 brothels
+  * Alte Oper
+  * Römerberg market square
+  * River cruise 11:15
   * Hotel Concorde
+  * <code>St. Bartholomew’s Cathedral (Kaiserdom)
+Holy Roman Emperors were elected at this Catholic church starting in 1152 and crowned here
+between 1562 and 1792. The cathedral was gutted by fire in 1867 and had to be rebuilt.
+It was seriously damaged in World War II, but repaired and reopened in 1953. Though the
+cathedral is free, you must pay to access two sights within the church: a museum
+(not particularly interesting) and a 328-step tower climb with city views at the top.
+Cost and Hours: Cathedral—free, Mon-Thu and Sat 9:00-20:00, Fri and Sun from 13:30,
+www.dom-frankfurt.de; museum—€2, Wed-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat-Sun from 11:00, closed Mon-Tue,
+enter from church vestibule, www.dommuseum-frankfurt.de; tower—€3, Tue-Fri 10:00-18:00,
+Sat-Sun from 11:00, closed Mon and in bad weather, shorter hours Nov-March;
++49 69 7808 9255, www.domturm-frankfurt.de.
+Visiting the Cathedral: Enter through the glass-and-metal doors of the vestibule.
+Note the painted white lines that imitate mortar between stones. This illusionist
+architecture was a popular technique for churches. Frescoes from the 15th century
+survive (flanking the high altar and ringing the choir). They show 27 scenes from
+the life of St. Bartholomew. The Electors Chapel (to the right of the altar) is
+where the electors convened to choose the Holy Roman Emperor in the Middle Ages.
+Everything of value that could be moved was taken out of the church before the
+WWII bombs came. The delightful sculpture in the Chapel of Sleeping Mary (to the
+left of the high altar), carved and painted in the 15th century, was too big to
+move—so it was fortified with sandbags. The altarpiece and stained glass next to
+it survived the bombing. As you wander, appreciate the colorful and extravagant
+tombstones embedded in the walls when the church’s cemetery was emptied.
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