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The French Market (French: Marché français) is a market and series of commercial buildings spanning six blocks in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as a Native American trading post predating European colonization, the market is the oldest of its kind in the United States. [ 1 ]
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (French pronunciation: [vjø kaʁe]), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans.After New Orleans (French: Nouvelle-Orléans) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the Vieux Carré ("Old Square" in English), a central square.
The name French Quarter is misleading in that many of the buildings date from the late-18th century, after the two New Orleans fires of 1788 and 1794 destroyed over 80 per cent of the city.
Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes (French) or Plaza de Armas (Spanish), is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.
A newly released photo shows New Orleans terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar calmly prowling the French Quarter on a bike before he ended up killing 14 people and injuring dozens more during an attack ...
An image from a security camera released by the FBI which investigators believe shows 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the New Orleans New Year's Day truck attacker, biking through the French ...
The quiet in New Orleans' famous French Quarter early Thursday morning was first cut by crews sweeping up trash -- then power washing Bourbon Street. At 2 a.m. Thursday, mangled metal that once ...
New Orleans streetcar on St. Charles Avenue in the Garden District with Mardi Gras beads on a tree in the foreground. A view of St. Charles in the downtown New Orleans Central Business District. The "downriver" end meets Canal Street. On the other side of Canal Street in the French Quarter, the corresponding street is Royal Street.