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Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Beacon Hill
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  • Beacon Hill is a beautiful neighborhood with narrow streets. This charming, gas-lit neighborhood is a carefully preserved reminder of how Boston looked about 1850. In this area you can find the most expensives houses in Boston.

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Beacon Hill
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    State House: Capitolio
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  • The most prominent building on Beacon Hill is the new State House. It was built in 1795 by Charles Bulfinch. The dome is covered with 23 1/2 carat gold leaf.-

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    Newbury Street: Newbury Street
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  • The most fashionable street in Boston. This street is full of exclusive stores, trendy restaurants and sophisticated art galleries. The Victorian townhouse architecture in this formerly residential street has been embellished to became an unique commercial area.-

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    Hancock Tower: John Hancock Tower
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  • Boston Hancock Tower
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  • Climb to the top of the John Hancock Tower, where you can enjoy the spectacular panorama of the city from the observation deck.-

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    Hancock Tower: Views from the top
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  • Boston Hancock Tower
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  • In this picture you can see Boston from the top of the John Hancock Tower

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    Hancock Tower: Another view from the top
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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Faneuil Hall
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  • Constructed in 1742, Faneuil Hall was a market where country folk could bring their produce into town. Then, was the meeting hall on the second floor where colonists like John Hancock first dared to speak publicly against the British.
    Now, it?s a tourist trap, full of restaurants and shops.-

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Quincy Market
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  • Just behind Fanehuil Hall are the shops known as Quincy Market, with double corridors of glass-canopied restauarants, boutiques and specialty shops.-

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Quincy Market
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  • All the references I could read about Quincy Market talk about open-air cafés and streets artists, but I cóuldn´t see nothing of that.-

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    Comments for pili about Boston
    Mandy23 Fri Feb 10, 2006 06:05 UTC
     I would love to visit Boston one day. Thanks for all the tips.
    pepples46 Tue Sep 9, 2003 03:11 UTC
     never been in Boston, sure is worth to think about it. lovely presentation Pilar, thanx
    GaryAlan Wed Aug 27, 2003 23:01 UTC
     I see I missed a lot during my visit to Boston. (Went mostly to see Concord --- Walden, Sleepy Hollow, etc.) Reading your comments and looking at your excellent photos makes me want to return.
    pchamlis Fri Aug 8, 2003 22:07 UTC
     Glad you enjoyed your visit to one of America's most colonial cities. You made a very nice and informative page.
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