Coit Tower, San Francisco, California
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- History & Culture travel tip
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by You can see it from the sea rising to the sky as a sentinel; it is a breathtaking view. And if you go to the top, you have an amazing view of San Francisco with its skyscrapers and and the sea. The most eye-catching thing about the tower are the paintings on the wall inside the building.
As I've heard, they were painted around 1933 in just 6 months and show slices of history and days of the San Francisco people. I liked mostly the depiction of the workers in a cornfield and also a man threatening someone with a gun in a busy street. You really get a glimpse in history watching all these murals on the walls; truly amazing.
Address:
1 Telegraph Hill Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
Price:
Cover charge $3.75
Opening Hours:
Daily 10am-5pm
How to get there:
Muni 39 - Coit
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