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• Maryland
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Maryland, the coastal State nestled between Washington DC, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware, is small by its size, but large by its charms, its historical richness, and … its marvelous seafood. The only place in the world where you can taste the original “Maryland Crab Cakes”, the Chesapeake Bay speciality oysters and the sautéed currycombs with butter. |
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Capital : Annapolis
Surface : 31,849
Population : 5,094,289
Baltimore : 736,014 |
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Annapolis
Aquarium National
Baltimore
Classic Crab Feast
Fort McHenry
Naval Academy of the United States
The Frigate called Constellation
The Litoral of Assateague
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| The characteristical mark of this maritime State comes mainly from the Chesapeake Bay, the world’s largest estuary, which divides Maryland into two parts. The surrounding bay and its marshes protect nearly 3,000 animal species.
Annapolis
The State’s Capital, Annapolis, is characterized by many colonial constructions made of red bricks, just like the State House Annapolis, reminding us of the life in the pre-revolutionary time. Established between the Severn River and the Chesapeake Bay, since 1845, Annapolis hosts the headquarters of the United States’s Naval College.
In the nearness, you can find the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a spectacular work, 4,33 miles long.
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| Baltimore The city was founded in 1729 as a transit trading port for tobacco and cereals. The Toleration Act of 1649 made Baltimore the first American city to accept a total religious freedom.
Due to its privileged situation on the mouth of Potapsco River, within the Chesapeake Bay and at the end of Chesapeake and Delaware Canal pointing to the direction of New York, Baltimore became the second Trans-Atlantic port of the United States.
A harbour city, an industrial center, with the largest agglomeration in the State, Baltimore offers multiple curiosities to its visitors.
Constructed in 1756, the old Fort McHenry, a national historical sanctuary, protected the city against the English flow during the War in 1812. Its heroic resistance during a 25-hour-bombing by the English inspired Francis Scott Key, a lawyer from Georgetown, to write a poem titled The Star-Spangled Banner, adapted in 1931 as the United States’s National Anthem.
The frigate “Constellation”, the oldest naval vessel of the American War, first used in 1792, now floats still as a sea museum.
Baltimore also possesses a museum of art – the Walters Art Gallery, as well as the worldly renowned National Aquarium, home to dolphins and about 5,000 tropical fish species.
It’s also the hometown of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Not to miss : Edgar Alan Poe’s House (his tomb in Westminster Church), the Old Flag House, the Washington Monument, and Peale Museum, especially dedicated to the city’s history.
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| Eastern Shore The famous Eastern Shore of Maryland, two hours of driving from Baltimore, contains a large number of picturesque communities within its boundaries. One of the principal attractions of this area is the seaside resort of Ocean City, with its kilometers of wooden pavements and its long sandy beaches.
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| Assateague Island National Seashore
The Assateague Island National Seashore, on the atlantic side of Maryland, is a sanctuary for animals, and a remarkable maritime park. Paradise for birdwatchers, it is the habitat of the threatened migrating falcons and the snow geese. Running free on the island are the famous savage Chincoteague ponies, descendants of the horses shipped from the 17th century.
| | | The Maryland Renaissance Festival Every weekend, until October 23, in the neighbourhoods of Crownsville, Maryland Renaissance Festival honors the visit of King Henry VIII and his court, by recreating an authentic 16th century English village.
At 9:45 AM, the King himself welcomes his visitors by a welcoming speech, before opening the gates at 10 AM. Walking around the streets of the town, accompanied by the musicians from another time, you will find medieval singers and dancers come and go as they wish. Visit one of the 140 Middle-Age handicraft shops or attend a show of jugglers and firespitters, and have your dinner at one of the village’s five picturesque taverns. In every street corner, try your luck in an address play and see the interactions between different historical characters passing here and there.
To finish amazing you, lance tournaments are organized and realized by real knights in complete armor.
Photos : Maryland Convention & Visitor Bureau - Tim Tadder photograph |
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