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Festive Frankfurt Steps Into European Limelight As City Toasts Past, It Stakes Out Future Role
From: International Herald Tribune
Date: 19980421
Author:John Schmid
John Schmid
International Herald Tribune
04-21-1998
Embarking on the most poetically prolific journey of his life, the 36-year-old Johann Wolfgang von Goethe turned to his birthplace town of Frankfurt to bankroll what became his fabled two-year Italian adventure of writing, painting and romance.
This year in this soulless and gray city of commerce at the heart of Europe, Germany has added its best-known poet to a proud succession of national and European celebrations, turning Frankfurt into the nation's showcase city.
In a single year, Frankfurt will commemorate the 150th anniversary of ...
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