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Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell is a large bronze bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the best-known symbols of freedom in the United States. Ordered in 1751 for the Pennsylvania Assembly, it is famous for its inscription, i…

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Benjamin Franklin's Grave

Benjamin Franklin's Grave lies inside Christ Church Burial Ground at the corner of 5th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia. Franklin, the printer, scientist and Founding Father, is buried under a plain flat stone beside his…

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Christ Church

Christ Church is a colonial Anglican church in the Old City district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in the 1690s. Its tall brick steeple once dominated the skyline, and the congregation counted several Founding F…

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Elfreth's Alley

Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia is a narrow lane of 18th-century houses, widely described as the oldest continuously inhabited residential street in the United States. It matters because ordinary working families, not me…

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Penn's Landing

Penn's Landing is a riverfront park on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the eastern edge of Old City. It is named for William Penn, founder of the colony, and it is where the city first met the water …

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National Constitution Center

The National Constitution Center is a museum on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, devoted to the U.S. Constitution and the long argument over what it means. It sits a short walk from Independence Hall and the Liberty Be…

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The African American Museum in Philadelphia

The African American Museum in Philadelphia, at 701 Arch Street in Philadelphia, is a museum dedicated to the history, art and culture of African Americans. It opened in 1976 during the Bicentennial and sits a short walk…

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Chinatown

Chinatown in Philadelphia is a compact, lively neighborhood of restaurants, bakeries and shops centered around 9th and Race Streets, just north of Market Street in Center City. It has been home to the city's Chinese comm…

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Dorrance H. Hamilton Bulding

The Dorrance H. Hamilton Building sits at 1001 Locust Street in Philadelphia's Washington Square West neighbourhood. It is an address to use as a marker for a walk through one of the oldest and most layered parts of the …

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Philadelphia Muses Mural

The Philadelphia Muses Mural is a large public artwork on Locust Street in the Washington Square West neighbourhood of Philadelphia. It belongs to the city's huge collection of murals, which has earned Philadelphia a rep…

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Forrest Theatre

Discover Forest Theatre in PhiladelphiaIntroductionTucked away in the heart of Fairmount Park, the Forest Theatre in Philadelphia is a hidden gem that feels worlds apart from the bustling city streets. This outdoor amphi…

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Lubert Plaza

Lubert Plaza is the address at 1001 Locust Street in the Washington Square West neighbourhood of Philadelphia. It is a residential corner of the city, a few blocks from Washington Square, one of the five original squares…

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Philadelphia City Hall

Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of city government in Center City, Philadelphia, and one of the grandest civic buildings in the United States. Built in the French Second Empire style and crowned with a bronze statue o…

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Rittenhouse Square

Rittenhouse Square is a public park in Center City, Philadelphia, and one of the five original squares in William Penn's plan for the city. Today it is a tree-shaded green space ringed by apartment buildings, cafes and s…

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Divine Lorraine Hotel

The Divine Lorraine Hotel is a grand 1890s building on North Broad Street in Philadelphia, designed by architect Willis G. Hale. It is best known for its years as a hotel run by Father Divine's International Peace Missio…

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Masonic Temple

The Masonic Temple at 1 N Broad Street in Philadelphia is the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania. Completed in 1873, it stands across from City Hall and is one of the most strikin…

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Franklin Court

Franklin Court is the site of Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia home, just off Market Street in the heart of the city's historic district. The house is long gone, but a steel "ghost structure" now outlines where it stood,…

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Curtis Institute of Music

The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia, close to Rittenhouse Square in Center City. Founded in 1924, it trains a small number of exceptionally gifted young musicians and is counted among the most…

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Union League of Philadelphia

The Union League of Philadelphia is a private club at 140 South Broad Street in Center City, Philadelphia, founded in 1862 to support the Union cause and Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Its Second Empire clubhouse,…

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