Atlanta |
Atlanta - is the owner of an informal title of "Capital of the New South".
Atlanta as the station of the West Atlantic railway, has been based in 1837. Engineer John Thomson building the railway, has offered the name Atlanta, before a city was called Терминус.
During Civil war, in 1864, the city has undergone to a strong fire and intrusion of armies of northerners. After war Atlanta has gradually turned to a business centre of a southern part of the United States. During the Second World War Atlanta served as a large reloading point for sending of soldiers from southeast states on front. In 1960 capital of Georgia became one of the struggle centres for the civil rights of black Americans. And already, Since 1973, in Atlanta where the Afro-Americans make the majority of the population, all mayors were Negroes. In 1996 the city has accepted XXVI Summer Olympic Games.
In Atlanta there are headquarters of many companies, including entering into list Fortune 100, for example: Coca-Cola, BellSouth, United Parcel Service, Home Depot and Georgia-Pacific. Here broadcasting company CNN is billeted. Within the big Atlanta International airport Hartsfild - one of the largest air terminals of the world is located.
The population of Atlanta totals 430 thousand inhabitants, agglomerations - 4,7 million persons. The nature of this area is very various: in the north of staff Appalachian mountains, through central, flat tower, a part the large rivers, and in the south set of tropical bogs proceed. Townsmen are considered as one of the most hospitable in all territory of the USA. It is what to show and tell about the sights.
APEX Museum - a museum devoted to history of Afro-Americans in Georgia, to their contribution to staff and city development, and also culture of these people. In a museum it is possible to see set of photos, exhibits and video-presentations.
Atlanta History Center - a museum of history of a city, staff and the south of the USA. Has been based in 1990, is in area Buckhead. The territory of the historical centre includes: a history museum, the research library, two historical buildings, constructed about centuries ago, the house-museum Margaret Mitchell and some gardens.
In Atlanta also there is a unique museum in the world - World of Coca-Cola, devoted to popular soft drink. It is more than 1000 exhibits narrating about history of development of Coca-Cola since time of its invention by doctor John Pembertonom in 1886.
Six Flags Over Georgia is a park with a roller coaster and other attractions, issued in the spirit of studio Worner Brothers cartoon films.
Underground Atlanta represents six quarters with more than hundred twenty shops, restaurants night institutions which are located below street level. In Martin Luther King's National historical centre it is possible to learn about the young man awarded by the Nobel Prize of the world. In Grant Park there is a zoo атланты. Near to zoo Cyclorama - the greatest in the world a circular panoramic picture. This work represents Atlantsky fight in 1864, during civil war.
The hockey command "Atlanta Трэшерз" since 1999 represents this southern city to NHL. In spite of the fact that a command very "young", sports analysts foretell it fast success.
In the city of Atlanta nineteen higher educational institutions and a considerable quantity of theatres.
