New Orleans has a unique language, English language with many words absorbed from French, Spanish, and African. Among communities in the United States (U.S.), New Orleans (NO) is the most attractive city with many characters who do not possess other cities. At NO life was like in the past two centuries, the atmosphere of life in old French and Spanish. At the same time, there are also modern buildings.
Founded in 1717 by Jean Baptiste LeMoyne, Monsieur de Bienville, the first settlement was around Bayou (creek or small bay formed by the bend of the river) Saint John. Development of walking in 1721 with a area of 11 blocks times 6 blocks. Original region is known for its French-speaking population and the region called the Vieux Carre, or French Quarter (FQ). There were also French Market. As a place berasalnya jazz, some houses of traditional music performed Dixieland Jazz, one of which was shown at the Maison Bourbon. The children can watch, no drinks or food sold at the show. Even in the streets would be easy to find jazz players perform skill.
Other performances on the road is acrobatics, magic, as well as those who paint all over his body as “a white statue” and stood in the street received money from tourists. Of course as a “sculpture” he had to restrain myself from moving. FQ Center is Jackson Square, on the banks of the Mississippi River, is a cozy park that was built in 1721, was first called the Place d’Armes. The center of the park is dominated General Andrew Jackson statue on horseback by renowned sculptor Clark Mills.
Faced with Jackson Square is the Cathedral of Saint Louis, the oldest cathedral in the U.S., but it is the third church erected in the area. Near the cathedral there Cabildo building, where the old Spanish colonial government was. There is agreement in the transfer of the colony of Louisiana from Spain to France, and then the Louisiana Purchase treaty transferred from France to the United States.
Louisiana Superdome stadium is covered with a dome in the world’s largest iron. Length 680 feet (about 207 meters), the arena floor area of 410 square feet, 273 feet high (about 83 meters) down the middle or the equivalent of 27 floors of the building, located in downtown NO. The stadium is designed for sports, entertainment, cultural events, conventions and trade shows. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest bridge in the world (about 46 kilometers), connecting with local NO in the north, is part of the Greater New Orleans Expressway System. This is one of the safest bridge in the world. After passing along the bridge about 13 kilometers, so far as the eye could see, the land was not visible from the view. Only the visible water.