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New Orleans
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for many tourists in the United States, and is only 70 miles from
Baton Rouge. It was founded as a trading post 272 years ago and is
know as the Crescent City because of its location on a graceful curve
of the mighty Mississippi River. An estimated 5 million tourists visit
the city each year to enjoy its music, participate in Mardi Gras festivities,
peek into courtyards, hop on a streetcar or horse drawn carriage,
and stop by Cafe' du Monde in the French Quarter for beignets and
cafe' au lait. The oldest part of the city, the Vieux Carre', or French
Quarter, is the only "European town" in the U.S. It comprises 90 city
blocks laid out in a grid pattern containing some 2,700 buildings.
The architecture of this area is a mixture of old French and Spanish
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The Quarter's European-style
Jackson Square is flanked by the Spanish-style St. Louis Cathedral,
completed in 1794, and the Pontalba apartments with their French-style
arcades and distinctive cast ironwork on the balconies. Jazz flows
easily in the lively establishments along Bourbon Street, and traditional
New Orleans Dixieland is always on hand.
The city also has the outstanding Audubon Zoo and Aquarium of the
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Here are some internet links to New Orleans and events in and around that
city and the State of Louisiana:
Mardi Gras
Events in New Orleans
New
Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
Festival International
de Louisiane
Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival
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