New Orleans

New Orleans

The nickname of New Orleans is the Big Easy.

New Orleans is in south USA in Louisiana.

The city has a french cultural. The population celebrate "Mardi Gras" (shrove Tuesday). There is a french quarter.

There are monuments....

The Lee Circle was originally created in 1807 as part of a grand plan by architect Bethélémy Lafon to developed a new neighborhood.

The stadium is situated in the Central Busess district of New Orleans. In 1999 the New Orleans Arena, a smaller staduim dubbed the « babydome » was build adjacent to the Superdome .

Now and then...

Most of the original building from the French period were period were destroyed by the Great Fires of 1788 and 1794 and the square is now lined with historic buildings erected under Spanish rule.

In 1900 there were 287 537 people . In 1940 there were 494 537 people . Today there are 1 240 977 people .

 On 23^rd August 2005,there was the begining of Katrina Ouragan.In 31^st August 2005 ,there was the end of Katrina Ouragan