1 THE CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIE WAS INVENTED BY JAPANESE RESIDENT OF SAN FRANCISCO

2 SAN FRANCISCO WAS PART OF MEXICO UNTIL THE MEXICAN –AMERICAN WAR IN 1848

3 IN SEPTEMBER 1859 ,SAN FRANCISCO’S FAVOURITE ECCENTRIC RECIDENT, JOSHUA ABRAHAM NORTON, DECLARED HIMSELF AMERICA’S EMPEROR

4 THE CITY’S CABLE CARS ARE THE ONLY NATIONAL HISTORICAL MONUMENT THAT CAN MOVE

Alcatraz Island is located in the San

Francisco Bay, 1.5 miles offshore

from San Francisco, California, United

States. Often referred to as "The Rock",

the small island was developed with

facilities for a lighthouse, a military

fortification, a military prison , and

a federal prison from 1933 until

1963. Beginning in November 1969, the

island was occupied for more than 19

months by a group of aboriginal

people from San Francisco who were

part of a wave of

Native activism across the nation with

public protests through the 1970s. In

1972, Alcatraz became a national

recreation area and received

designation as a National Historic

Landmark in 1986.

The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and the largest Chinese community outside Asia. It is the oldest of the four notable Chinatowns in the city Since its establishment in 1848, it has been

highly important and influential in the history and culture of ethnic Chinese immigrants in North America. Chinatown is an enclave that continues to retain its own customs, languages, places worship, social clubs, and identity. There are two hospitals, numerous parks and squares, a post office, and other infrastructure. Visitors can easily become immersed in a microcosmic Asian world, filled with herbal shops, temples, pagoda roofs and dragon parades. While recent immigrants and the elderly choose to live in here because of the availability of affordable housing and their familiarity with the culture the place is also a major tourist attraction, drawing more visitors annually than the Golden Gate Bridge.

San Francisco (Spanish for "Saint Francis")

was founded on June 29, 1776,

when colonists from Spain established at

the Golden Gate and a mission named

for St.

The city of Buenos Aires is neither part

of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's

capital; rather, it is

an autonomous district.In 1880,

after decades of political infighting, Buenos

Aires was federalised and removed from

Buenos Aires Province

GIULIANA BOLOGNA

VALENTINO GRILLI

FRANCO GENNONI

ELIAS JAUREGUIBERRY