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San Diego was
actually discovered back in 1542.
There are many examples of the cities Spanish heritage to be found - some are listed here:
San Diego has more than 90 museums, a thriving orchestra, a world famous Zoo and
a zillion other cultural
activities to explore:
Cabrillo
Monument, Point Loma
In 1542 Juan Rodriguez
Cabrillo landed at San Diego Bay, the first time that Europeans had set
foot on what later became the west coast of the United States.
 Many visitors visit simply
to enjoy the dramatic view of San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The
park has one of the best harbor views in world!
To the east the skyline of
downtown San Diego, framed by the Cuyamaca mountains, serves as a
backdrop to the bay.
To the south visitors can
see Mexico across the shimmering waters of the bay, and to the west the
Pacific ocean extents to the horizon and beyond.
Four hundred feet below the park it is common to see sailboats, commercial ships, and ships of
the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet glide in and out of the harbor entrance.
If you visit the park between late
December and the end of February, you may see one of natures great
spectacles: the annual migration of the gray whale.
The historic Gaslamp
Quarter
 Mostly
Victorian (1873 - 1930's) the Gaslamp district is named for its reproduction gas streetlamps.
Around the turn of the last century, the area
was a red light district known as the Stingaree.
Wyatt Earp ran three gambling halls here and Madam Ida Bailey was only the
most famous of the Gaslamp's many dozens of enterprising brothel
owners.
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San Diego Maritime
Museum
 The
Star of India is a spectacular sight to see. Built at the Ramsey Shipyard in the
Isle of Man in 1863, she is one of the oldest vessels still able to go to sea.
She made 21 circumnavigations of the globe, some of
which lasted up to a year. Now berthed in The San Diego Maritime
Museum at Embarcadero
Marine Park.
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Balboa
Park
Take a virtual tour of Balboa Park
Now
more than 130 years old San Diego's picturesque Balboa Park is one of the world's great
urban parks. 1,200 acres was reserved for a
park by San Diego city leaders in 1868, only two decades after the discovery of
gold in California.
The park has been the site of two world
expositions and today is home to the San Diego
Zoo, Old Globe Theatre, numerous museums, recreational and cultural facilities,
and distinctive buildings such as the House of Hospitality.
 The House of Hospitality was one
of the many buildings created, primarily in the Spanish Colonial style, for the Panama-California
Exposition (1915 and 1916). Others include the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Botanical Building,
Casa de Balboa, Casa del Prado, Cabrillo Bridge, and the majestic California
Tower. The park hosted a second major fair, the California-Pacific International
Exposition, in 1935 and 1936.
The Museum of Man opened in 1915, The Natural History Museum in 1933.
The Timken Museum of Art opened in 1965, the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and
Science Center followed in 1973, and the San Diego Automotive Museum opened in
1988.
The rebuilt House of Charm became host to the Mingei International Folk
Art Museum in 1996.
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Hotel del
Coronado
 The Hotel del Coronado, one of the world's largest wooden structures, is
a grand example of elegant Victorian architecture and one of America's most
popular and beautiful resorts. Since 1888, this National Historic Landmark has
served celebrities, tourists, and business
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The Arts
 The Civic Theatre,
completed in 1965 by the city of San Diego is in the heart of
downtown at the intersection of Third Avenue and B Street.
As a part of the
inauguration of the building, San Diego Opera was founded in May that
year.
 The San Diego Chamber Orchestra, established in
1984, provides San Diego with a resident chamber orchestra of the highest
professional caliber, with fabulous concerts throughout San Diego County.
San Diego Symphony
Artistic Director Jung-Ho Pak continues to
captivate audiences nationwide with his vivid interpretations and compelling
style.
Mr. Pak leads the revitalized San Diego Symphony into the new millennium with a
vision to present classical music as an accessible and inspirational art form.
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Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
 Located on the grounds of the Half Moon Inn at 2241 Shelter Island Drive in San
Diego, the 1,295 seat outdoor theatre is ideally situated on San Diego Bay, presenting a wide variety of major attractions since 1982.
Generally
running from mid-May through October, Humphrey's Concerts covers the total
spectrum of entertainment from rock and jazz to comedy, blues, folk and
international music. Here are just some of the guests for 1999:
The Everly Brothers, Doobie Brothers,
Acoustic Alchemy, Ray Charles, Chris Isaak, B-52's, Joan Armatrading, Peter, Paul & Mary,
Boz Scaggs, Spyro Gyra, Tom Jones, Donna Summer, George Benson, Chicago, Bill Cosby, The Temptations, Martha
Reeves, The Vandellas, The Marvelettes and The Beach Boys.
 Coors
Amphitheatre
Located near the Mexican border in Chula
Vista, this recently completed venue is this year featuring Sting,
Steely Dan and a host of other major stars in an open air setting.
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San Diego Zoo 
Located in beautiful Balboa Park, the 100-acre World-Famous San Diego Zoo was
founded by Dr. Harry Wegeforth in 1916.
Today, the San Diego Zoo cares for over 3,800 animals of 800
different species. Its collection of animals, as well as its plant collection of
over 6,500 species, is acknowledged as one of the finest in the entire world.
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The first trans-Atlantic solo flight
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was achieved by Charles Augustus
Lindberg, a 25-year-old air-mail pilot. He departed from Roosevelt Field, Long
Island, New York in a Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis.
He landed
34-hours later at Le Bourget airfield in Paris. The Spirit of St Louis was built
in 1921 in San Diego. San Diego's airport was named in his honor.
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Presidio Park & Old Town
 Old Town is the historical heart of San Diego. Junipero Serra chose Presidio
Hill as the site for the first California Mission in 1769, establishing San
Diego as the first European settlement on the Pacific Coast of the
United States and Canada.
Over the next fifty
years, this fortified military colony grew to become the chief
administrative and judicial center for the region and home to more than five
hundred inhabitants.
After the advent of the República Mexicána in
1821, the Presidio went through a period of boom,
then bust, and by 1835 was largely abandoned.
For over one hundred and fifty years, it has lain undeveloped and largely
undisturbed,
You can still see the remnants
of the Mexican village nestled at the base of the Presidio Hill, where restored
adobe houses, stone wells and stables stand.
Old Town is more than a tribute to Mexican heritage. It's a historical
park and a tourist attraction. Along with the Black Hawk Smithy
are eclectic boutiques and souvenir shops plus the best mariachi music in town.
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Mission San Diego De Alcala
The oldest mission in
California and the first link in the
"chain" of missions that stretches 650 miles along the El Camino Real
or King's Highway.
On Presidio Hill there stands a large cross on which the
following words are written: " Here Father Serra first raised the cross.
Here began the first mission, here the first town, San Diego, July 16,
1769."
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