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A hilly city with water on three sides, a steep street with eight curves, cool foggy summers and warm winters, people from all over the world, sourdough bread, fresh crab, gelato, and dim sum.
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Gingerbread houses called painted ladies, cable cars, fireboats, and pedicabs, even abandoned ships buried deep beneath its buildings and streets.
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What city is this? San Francisco, the city by the bay.
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For centuries, perhaps millennia, San Francisco and its Bay were known only by native peoples
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who lived in small communities throughout Central California. Typically, each community had its own
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distinct language. As a result, there was never a common name used for the population as a whole.
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When the Spanish arrived, they called the natives costeros, or coast people.
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Later, the English-speaking settlers referred to them as costanoans.
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Today, descendants of the early natives generally call themselves Ohlones.
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In the late 16th century, explorers from around the globe began sailing the waters surrounding the San Francisco Peninsula.
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Since that time, San Francisco's population has been made up of an ever-changing mosaic of cultures.
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Chinatown
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That means Happy New Year in Chinese.
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New Year's is a special time in this neighborhood, the largest Chinese community in the Western Hemisphere.
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People wish one another good luck and happiness, and children receive lei si, small red envelopes, filled with money.
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The holiday is celebrated in January or February, depending on the cycle of the moon.
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Each year is named after one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac.
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There are many parades and ceremonies.
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Lots of firecrackers are set off to scare away evil spirits and bring good fortune.
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Chinatown is colorful all year round.
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Walk down Grant Avenue with its street lights that look like lanterns and street signs written in Chinese.
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Look at the fresh vegetables and fruits overflowing out to the sidewalk from the grocery stores.
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Smell the aromas coming from all the different restaurants.
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Is it time for dim sum, a Chinese lunch?
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The Japanese Tea Garden. During the month of March, the Japanese Tea Garden comes alive
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with the fluttering color of pink cherry blossoms. Originally designed for the California
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Midwinter Exposition in 1894, this magical five-acre garden was later embellished by
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master gardener Makoto Hagiwara. In the middle of the city, he created an oasis filled with the
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quiet of the countryside. Here, visitors can cross a graceful drum bridge, have a warm cup of tea,
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and enjoy a fortune cookie, a treat that was invented by Hagiwara. Amid the foliage of the
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garden sits a bronze statue that is ten and a half feet tall. Cast 200 years ago in Japan,
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it is called the Amazarashi no Hotoki, or the Buddha who sits through sunny and rainy weather
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without shelter. The cable cars and Lombard Street. Before 1922, the famous crooked block of Lombard
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Street was straight and so steep that it could not be traveled by carts or wagons. The only way
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for people to get up and down the hill was on foot. After the invention of the automobile,
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the city added eight turns so that cars would be able to travel the street as well. Today,
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tourists wait in line to drive down this twisting street. Visitors can also view Lombard Street from
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the cable car that runs along Hyde Street. Andrew Halliday introduced the cable car to San Francisco
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in 1873 because he felt sorry for the horses pulling wagons up the steep hills. People laughed
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at his idea at first, but he didn't give up. Today, San Francisco's cable cars are a National
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historic landmark. The Golden Gate Bridge. Looking from the Marin Headlands to San Francisco
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on clear evenings, you can watch the twinkling lights of the city, the Golden Gate Bridge,
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and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. On the other nights when the fog rolls in,
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You can hear the foghorns and feel the cool fog as it wraps around the Golden Gate Bridge like a blanket.
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Although the name of this bridge is the Golden Gate, the paint used to cover it is actually international orange.
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The bridge is named after the strait at the bay's entrance, the Golden Gate.
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Some people believe that a bridge could never be built across the Golden Gate, but a group of determined engineers found a way.
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Completed in 1937, the bridge spans a length of 6,450 feet. That's longer than 20 football fields.
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The tallest tower is 746 feet high, as tall as a 70-story building.
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The amount of wire used for the main cables is enough to wrap three times around the earth.
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Mission Dolores
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Mission Dolores is the oldest building in San Francisco.
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It is one of a chain of 21 missions that stretch along the California coast.
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Founded in 1776 by Franciscan padres, fathers or priests, from Spain, the original mission was a series of wooden buildings.
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The building you see today was begun in 1782 and completed in 1795.
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The walls, made of adobe bricks, are four and a half feet wide at the base.
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The bricks were made by Ohlone Indians, who also painted patterns on the ceilings using bright vegetable dyes.
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The mission's original bells from Mexico still ring today.
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You can see them in the three archways beneath the tile roofs.
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Many of San Francisco's streets are named for historical figures whose gravestones can be found in the mission's cemetery.
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Arguello, Noe, Sanchez, and others.
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The Spanish influence can be found not only in the city's street names, but throughout the Mission District in restaurants, building styles, and colorful murals.
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North Beach and Coit Tower
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North Beach is not a beach at all.
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It's the name of a colorful neighborhood filled with shops, coffee houses, and restaurants.
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Another name for this area is Little Italy. That's because so many Italian immigrants
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made this part of San Francisco their home. It was the Italians who helped save Telegraph Hill
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in North Beach after the 1906 earthquake. They brought out wine barrels and used red wine to
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douse the fire as the flames came creeping up the hill. On top of Telegraph Hill sits Quake Tower,
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built in 1933. Earlier in San Francisco's history, this hill was the site of a single station
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used to notify townspeople of the arrival of ships carrying mail, cargo, and passengers.
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Today, you can take the elevator up 16 stories and then climb the last 37 steps for a spectacular view of the city and the bay.
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The Palace of Fine Arts
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Although it was originally intended as a temporary exhibit for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exhibition,
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the Palace of Fine Arts was so well loved that it was later rebuilt to become a permanent part
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of San Francisco's skyline. The beauty of this graceful palace is reflected in a natural lagoon
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which is bordered by lawns and trees. The sight is especially stunning at night when the palace
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is spectacularly lighted. It's a wonderful place to take a stroll, to have a picnic, or to feed the
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swans and ducks. The palace is a majestic domed rotunda with six supporting columns that is as
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tall as an 18-story building. The angel sculptures inside the rotunda are 20 feet tall. If you want
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to get an idea of how big that is, you can go into the neighboring Exploratorium and stand next to
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one of the original angels from the 1915 exhibition. Union Square. One of the most famous shopping areas
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in the world, Union Square lights up during the holidays. A giant Christmas tree and menorah are
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lit, and flower stands brighten the street corners with colorful bouquets and holiday
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wreaths. Department store windows come alive with storybook figures, holiday clothes, and
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festive decorations. As the sidewalks bustle with the crowds of visitors who come to San
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Francisco every year, Union Square's name dates back to the time of the Civil War, when
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the northern states, called the Union, fought to prevent the South from succeeding to form
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a separate country.
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Although the war took place in the East, many San Franciscans supported the Union army.
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In 1861, Unionist patriots used the square as a rallying place.
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Ever since that time, it has been known as Union Square.
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- Fecha:
- 29 de mayo de 2020 - 19:01
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- CP INF-PRI NTRA. SRA. DE LA PALOMA
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