San Francisco

San Francisco

San Francisco is located on the narrow hilly peninsula separating an internal bay-gulf of San Francisco from open ocean. The passage Golden Gate conducting in a bay, limits the city territory from the north. Presence of a convenient sea bay has transformed San Francisco into the main port named «a gate to Pacific ocean» and important naval base of the USA at Pacific coast. Average temperature of summer + 15+24°C, average temperature of winter - 10-15°C. A fog brought by ocean, - the frequent visitor and a city distinctive feature.

Officially the city of San Francisco is called just since 1847. Before this settlement carried the Spanish name of Herba Buena. In 1776 the Spanish missionary Juan Batista yes Anza bases Mission of Sacred Frantsiska Aziasky. Later 45 years Herba Buana already are a part of Mexico which has declared the independence of Spain. But in 1848 of the USA, because of debts, declares war to Mexico. Mexico loses war and is compelled to pay off for debts with loss of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California and San Francisco. But, the city is still very small by then, its population 1 thousand person hardly makes. He is obliged by the growth to "Gold-rush". Having arisen at southwest coast of a bay of San Francisco, the city promptly won all new territories from nearby hills. Trying not to lag behind in what New York, fathers of a city of San Francisco too laid streets harmonous, as on a chessboard, numbers. It was enough difficult architectural problem if to consider that San Francisco was stretched among numerous hills.

San Francisco - a city with the developed trading navigation and huge sphere of service. In district territory there is a petroleum-refining industry, automobile, aircraft construction, shipbuilding. For all the Silicon Valley (Silicon Valley) on which there is the largest center on manufacture of integrated microcircuits is known. The affinity to the Silicon valley and a considerable quantity of the "computer" companies do high technologies by the basic branch of a city. From 10 largest companies located here - 7 such world leaders of electronic industry as "Intel", "Hjulet Pakkard", "Dignity-majkrosistemz", «Eppl the Computer» specialize in sphere of high technologies, including. The Californian and Stanfordsky universities, set of research laboratories and "the high technology" manufactures here settle down.

Sights

San Francisco - a city interesting and quiet, one of the most attractive cities of America. It love for green parks, fascinating landscapes, careless grace and thin charm. This bright megacity located in a wonderful corner of the nature, doesn't cease to surprise. San Francisco is famous for the whole world for the inexpressible combination of historical and modern architecture.

The number of sights of San Francisco includes one of the most known examples of suspension bridges - bridge "Golden Gate" (Golden Gate Bridge), constructed in 1937. The bridge personifying this city, is located on an input in a bay of San Francisco and it is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Its length reaches 2730 meters, with six numbers of automobile movement and two foot paths. The payment is raised from each car for entrance to San Francisco through "Gold gate" in some dollars.

Монтерей - the peninsula covered with pine and cypress woods. Picturesque rocky coast with uncountable gulfs. On island the remarkable sandy beach, set of birds, here is located huge oceanarium Aquarium of the Bay (300 000 inhabitants of ocean), one of which viewing glasses is the world's largest. Along peninsula passes well-known 17-mile Drive - the most beautiful site Pacific to coast USA.

One more sight of San Francisco is "the end of the Earth" in park Sutro. So the place where the latest extremity of the continental earth in a direction of its rotation about the axis is located is called. So, for example, New year here comes to the latest turn. Further on ocean between San Francisco and Japan passes a zero meridian from which new day begins.

Also San Francisco is known for that here there is an island Alkatras (Alcatraz island) - one of the most notorious prisons of America. Алькатрас was once the superprotected prison for especially dangerous criminals.

Every year, on January, 1st or 2 in San Francisco passes Parade of roses on which represent tremendous beauty of a sculpture from the roses, Americas created by the best floral artists.

The museum of beatniks is in area the Nort-scourge on the Grant-avenue.

San Francisco is located on hills and is a unique city in the world where the system of the well-known historical cable trams has remained. In an old part of a city it is possible to see personally and one of Knigi Ginnesa records, the most twisting in the world street - the Pawnshop стрит.

In a city many excellent museums, among which Museum of San Francisco (Museum of the City of San Francisco), based in 1991 and devoted to city history; an unusual museum-factory of cookies with a destiny prediction (Fortune Cookie Museum); museum California Palace of the Legion of Honor where collections of antiques, exhibits which acquaint with history of development of the American television and Hollywood are presented.

In an old city the rope-way operates: trams-cable cars, live museum pieces, движутся on one of the most abrupt streets - Powell to Fishing landing stage (Fisherman's Wharf).

Among picturesque national quarters Chajnataun - the largest in America the Chinese quarter with infinite fish restaurants, пагодными roofs and souvenir benches where it is possible to buy every possible knickknacks from the different countries and continents is most attractive.

In San Francisco is more than 100 parks and squares.

The oldest park of the USA Yosemite National park - one of the main oases of the wild nature at the western coast of America. Here it is possible to see picturesque mountain falls (Yosemite falls, El Kapitano, the Half of Doum, Bridalveli), the rivers with pure water and groves секвойядендронов.

Other known park is the park Gold gate (Golden Gate Park), favourite vacation spot of townspeople where there is a traditional Japanese tea garden (Hakone Japanese Tea Garden). There are some museums in park «Gold gate». 

In San Francisco set of the cultural centers: a museum of the Modern arts, Military Memorial Opera theater, the center of art and culture of Asia, the Jewish communal center, the Californian palace of the Honourable legion.

In city vicinities the valley of Vajn of the Country is located виноградарская.

Near the mouth of the small river carrying the name Russian, has remained the rests of the wooden fortress based by Russian in 1812. It is the well-known Fort-ross which has designated that place which the Russian settlers mastering Alaska and northwest coast of America have reached.