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The charm and hospitality of the United States are features of this historic town where there are very good restaurants, unique shops and where legendary stories circulating. Spared during the War of Secession, the City of Savannah has retained its former glory while becoming a place of rejoicing cultural Savannah is a city of Georgia, State of southeastern United States. Founded in the eighteenth century, it now has about 130 331 inhabitants for the town and 329 329 for the metropolitan area (estimated from Census Bureau United States, 2007). Savannah is often cited in the European press as one of the most beautiful cities in North America. Its 24 squares adorned with statues and fountains and all planted with venerable trees and mossy are the glory of the city, with many houses dating from before the Civil War. It is a typical town of the Old South (Deep South) is a coastal climate characterized by hot and humid in summer. In the city where tourism is important to find a colonial cemetery and the Gothic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (founded in 1802 by the French who fled Haiti after the revolution). It also notes the synagogue of Congregation Mickve Israel built in Gothic style in the 1870s. The Jewish community dating back to the founding of the city in the eighteenth century is one of the oldest in the United States. Boston is a city of contrasts perfectly combines the old and new. The cobbled streets of the red brick houses and historic buildings comprise the landscape of the city alongside the skyscraper facades of smoked glass. Boston, now recognized as a leading center for medical, high technology and education, recalls the story at every step. The capital of Massachusetts allows easily explored on foot and preferably along the Freedom Trail. The long red line painted on the sidewalks leading to 16 historic attractions throughout the city. The Path to Freedom led, among other things, the majestic State House, last home of patriot Samuel Adams, and historic Faneuil Hall, the cradle of Liberty in lieu of market and gathering place since 1742. The building is now part of Quincy Market, the bustling heart of the city. Boston is also a shopping paradise with a wide choice of shops. Newburry Street is one of the most elegant streets of Boston. The retail shopping centers around offer many luxury boutiques. Across the Charles River, lies the city of Cambridge, famous for his Harvard University and the equally famous MIT. Born artificially Railway in 1837 only at the crossroads of ancient Indian trails, Atlanta is a young city, even across the United States. Until the Civil War, it was a small crossroads of communication, but its accessibility made it a major supply center and the arsenal of the Confederacy. Sherman made no mistake when he burned in 1864, even if we can find the process a little extreme, it illustrates the fact that the Civil War was probably the first 'total' war in history. In addition, it has one of the most spectacular scenes from "Gone With the Wind", long the biggest success of world cinema upon its release in 1939. The period of Reconstruction was the occasion for the city to become a more industrial center and economic capital, driven by entrepreneurs and black immigration. The main center is subsequent to 1915 and today the city like the idea that there is a typical large North American metropolis, the industrial magnates of today calling Ted Turner ( CNN founder in 1980) and Coca Cola, banks and insurance companies. Today is a very large metropolitan area where vast parks and forests alternate with the urban fabric. The car is essential for most of his four and a half million inhabitants are on average 35 miles per day, the record of the country. Its neighborhoods can be very marked by racial identity, itself reinforced by the motorway network forming multiple enclaves. Grossly, the white lie north and black south (especially around Auburn Avenue as discussed below). Still, the city instead of being progressive by not lament its Southern glory of yesteryear. It was here that was elected the first black mayor of history with Maynard Jackson in 1974 which were followed regularly with other black mayors. Receiving 1996 Olympics was another step showing that the southern capital was more complex to have vis-à-vis cities Yankees. Its airport is also the first in the country and of France, is without doubt the best gateway to South America with several nonstop flights daily. |
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