The Pontalba Buildings form two sides of Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. They are matching red-brick, one-block-long, four‑story...
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Micaela Leonarda Antonia de Almonester Rojas y de la Ronde, Baroness de Pontalba (November 6, 1795 – April 20, 1874) was a wealthy New Orleans-born Creole...
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needed] On each side of the square are the Pontalba Buildings, matching red-brick, one-block-long, four‑story buildings constructed between 1849 and 1851. The...
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original design by Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba, in 1851. She also built the Pontalba Buildings, which flank the old square. The flagpole, symbolizing...
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city. St. Louis Cathedral The Cabildo The Presbytere Pontalba Buildings Hibernia Bank Building Mercedes-Benz Superdome Smoothie King Center Hotel Monteleone...
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The Hôtel de Pontalba (French pronunciation: [otɛl də pɔ̃talba]) is an hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse in France, at 41 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré...
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Street on Jackson Square in the French Quarter. The Upper and Lower Pontalba Buildings, which line the St. Ann and St. Peter Street sides of Jackson Square...
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Embassy of the United States, Paris (category Buildings and structures in the 8th arrondissement of Paris)
Hôtel de Talleyrand and the Hôtel de Pontalba (ambassador's residence). More details about the latter two buildings can be found in the Secretary of State's...
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differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects. The eight-digit number below each date...
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Commissioned by the Baroness Micaela Almonester Pontalba and modelled on Parisian structures, the Pontalba Buildings' liberal use of large cast0iron balconies...
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