加载中…从淘金热到金门桥
(2012-11-07 15:56:07)
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旧金山艺术宫金门桥博览会金融部门旅游 |
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旧金山在淘金热期间繁荣发展，随后又因主办国际博览会而闻名于世。艺术宫和金门桥是旧金山的两大地标。
旧金山是西班牙殖民者于1776年建立的，这座“海湾之城”（City by the Bay）于1849年成为一座新兴城市，当时加州的淘金热引来了世界各地的淘金者。仅在1849年一年之间，这座城市的人口便从1,000人爆增至25,000人。
到了1906年，旧金山在持续繁荣了一段时间之后遭受了一场地震和几次火灾，全市被毁面积超过80%。但在淘金热期间建立的强大的金融部门的支持下，旧金山得以重建，并成为1915年巴拿马-太平洋国际博览会（Panama-Pacific International Exposition）的主办城市。
这次博览会促成了艺术宫（Palace of Fine Arts，上图）动工兴建。今天，艺术宫是博览会留下的唯一遗址，也是旧金山最受欢迎的旅游景点之一。
旧金山的另一个地标建筑是金门桥（Golden Gate Bridge）。金门桥于1937年完工，当时是全世界跨度最长的吊桥。尽管它现在已经不再是世界第一，但它仍是建筑工程史上一件令人赞叹不已的杰作，也是旧金山闻名于世的标志之一。
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From Gold Rush to America's Golden Gate
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From gold rushes to earthquakes to international expositions, San Francisco has weathered it all.
Although Spanish colonists founded San Francisco in 1776, the “City by the Bay” became a boomtown in 1849 when the California gold rush attracted treasure seekers from around the world. In that year alone, the city’s population burgeoned from 1,000 to 25,000.
In 1906, after a period of sustained growth, an earthquake and several fires destroyed more than 80 percent of San Francisco. Supported by the strong financial sectors established during the gold rush, San Francisco recovered in time to host the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
The exposition inspired construction of the Palace of Fine Arts (shown above). Today, the palace is the last remaining building from the exposition and one of San Francisco’s favorite tourist destinations.
The Golden Gate Bridge is another of San Francisco's iconic structures. When completed in 1937, it included the longest susn bridge span in the world. Though it no longer holds that record, the bridge remains a truly impressive feat of civil engineering and an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco.
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