Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cosmopolitan city of San Francisco

San Francisco is considered one of the most beautiful places to be visited after New York. More likely this beauty that characterizes this country is due to history and fame cosmopolitan and tolerant city, but not only.

San Francisco is a cultural place and let architectural level with the mouth open to all those with European style.

Hills in which the city permit viewed San Francisco Bay, particularly in the west of the sun has extraordinary color.

What to see in the city? All, it is enough to choose. Alcatraz is an island in the center of the bay of San Francisco's famous because it was the maximum security prison. Alcatraz Prison was the attraction for all those who wanted to escape.

Bay Bridge, called the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge is a bridge which runs through the whole attitude of San Francisco Bay, which connects the city with him to Oakland on the east coast of the bay.

Golden Gate Bridge, the bridge connecting San Francisco to the Pacific Ocean. With its color golden and 6 lanes is one of the city's attractions.

Castro is a neighborhood famous for the world of homosexuality. About 41% of the population declared that they are gay, but is not this why visited Castro.

Today it is the most active neighborhoods in San Francisco, rich in local markets. Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest building of the city and is about 260 m.

What makes it unique is its square based pyramid shapes which makes a point of reference throughout the Financial District, but also the entire city.

Was designed by architect William Pereira and construction began in 1968 and was completed three years later. Legion of Honor, this palace is nothing else but art museum that is due to the fact that the name is a replica of the palace buildings host of the Legion of Honor in Paris. In fact, among the thousands of masterpieces that are located here, you can admire some of the most important and most famous.

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