The „Römer“, Frankfurt's ceremonial town hall overlooking the highly picturesque „Römerberg“ -square; the „Saalhof“, the city's oldest and most prestigious medieval building, once part of a 12th-century imperial compound; the imperial cathedral, coronation church of German kings and emperors; the Paulskirche (St. Paul's church), where Germany's first national assembly convened in 1848; Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt's party district where the city's traditonal beverage, apple cider, is copiously offered in charming, village-like surroundings; the financial district with Germany's only high-rise skyline, and the Goethehaus, place of birth of Germany's national poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a pilgrimage spot for romantic literature buffs from all over the world.