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Ybor City in Tampa, the Cigar Capital of the World

29 August 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General Reading Time: 6 minutes

Centro Ybor complex with a TECO line car in front © Peter K Burian/cc-by-sa-4.0

Ybor City is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States. It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez-Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Cuba, Spain, and Italy. For the next 50 years, workers in Ybor City’s cigar factories rolled hundreds of millions of cigars annually. read more…

Tags: Cigar Capital of the World, Cigar City, Florida, National Historic Landmark District, National Register of Historic Places, Tampa, United States of America, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Ybor City, Zigarrenhauptstadt der Welt

Temple Square in Salt Lake City

16 October 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time: 8 minutes

Salt Lake Temple © Famartin/cc-by-sa-4.0

Temple Square is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) complex, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), in the center of Salt Lake City, Utah, and is considered “The Vatican of the Mormons“. In recent years, the usage of the name has gradually changed to include several other church facilities that are immediately adjacent to Temple Square. Contained within Temple Square are the Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake Tabernacle, Salt Lake Assembly Hall, the Seagull Monument, and two visitors’ centers. The square was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1964, recognizing the Mormon achievement in the settlement of Utah. read more…