New Orleans French Quarter

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Question 1

In what year and by which French-Canadian explorer was the original settlement of New Orleans (the French Quarter) founded?

Question 2

Why is the prevailing architectural style of the historic French Quarter actually Spanish Colonial rather than French?

Question 3

Which world-famous French Quarter street is internationally renowned for its raucous nightlife, brass bands, and historic neon clubs?

Question 4

What historic public square—centered on a bronze statue of General Andrew Jackson—faces the grand St. Louis Cathedral?

Question 5

Which historic French Market open-air café, established in 1862, serves powdered-sugar beignets and chicory coffee twenty-four hours a day?

Question 6

What distinctive decorative metalwork adorns the upper-story verandas along Royal Street and the Pontalba Buildings?

Question 7

What commercial riverfront complex, operating continuously on the same site since 1791, is the oldest public market in the United States?

Question 8

Which wealthy, aristocratic Creole businesswoman financed and designed the historic red-brick Pontalba Buildings flanking Jackson Square in 1849?

Question 9

What municipal preservation victory in the late 1960s defeated a proposed federal elevated highway through the French Quarter?

Question 10

What historic municipal street marker detail can be seen embedded in corner sidewalk curbs at French Quarter street intersections?

In what year and by which French-Canadian explorer was the original settlement of New Orleans (the French Quarter) founded?