Cincinnati is the third largest city in Ohio, the "Royal City" and "Queen of the West". The local culture is a mixture of regional traditions of the Northeast, the Old South, the Midwest and the Appalachians, tinted by a strong German-Catholic heritage. In Cincinnati, one of the first to start a land boom, and the most popular area of ​​the city beyond Rijn - the largest of the national historical areas of the country. And the city center is surrounded by picturesque hillsides that form the legendary landscape of Cincinnati

A bit of history

Former Lausantville, the city was renamed the first governor of the northwest territories by St. Clair in honor of the noble act of George Washington. He resigned from the president after two terms, after the end of the revolutionary war - just like the Roman consul Cincinnatus, who abandoned the empire after a very successful government to farm.

The city's economy was originally based on pork. In the 1800's. here there were many immigrants from Germany, brought here their culture - with beer gardens, dances, wurst and others. The anti-German moods of the Second World War severely muffled this culture, but at the end of the 20th century the inhabitants of the city once again remembered their roots. And today Bockfest, the Mayfest and Oktoberfest celebrate in Cincinnati every year

How to get to Cincinnati

Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport is located on the same side as the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, connected to the Cincinnati Bridge. The airport is the sixth largest hub of Delta airline in the country. Also, Cincinnati can be reached by the Amtrak train, the Greyhound bus or the more budgetary Megabas (from Chicago, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Atlanta, Knoxville, Cleveland and Columbus).

Entertainment, excursions and Cincinnati attractions

One of the iconic city attractions is John Rebling's suspension bridge. After the construction in 1866, this bridge was the longest of the hanging in the whole world and at a length of 322 m remained so until 1883. It was this bridge that became the prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, created under the project of the same author. The bridge was featured in one of the episodes of the famous film "The Man of the Rain."

The second tallest building in the city, Carew Tower, was modeled after the Empire State Building. In the second half of the 80's. at the top there was even a giant gorilla cub. On the 49th floor of the building, there is a stunning observation deck from where you can see the entire city as if at a small fee.

The Cincinnati Observatory became the first professional observatory in the country, and today it is served by volunteers. Periodically, there are activities to observe the stars.

St. Peter's Cathedral is an architecturally significant and beautifully decorated building, which at the time of construction was the highest in Cincinnati. Copying elements of classical buildings in Athens, architect Henry Walter created one of the finest examples of the neoclassical Greek Renaissance in the United States.

Another notable church in the city is the Temple of the Temple, sometimes called the Wise Temple. It was built in 1866 and became a typical example of the Mauritanian Renaissance style, one of the best preserved.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Immaculate Cross stands on Mount Adams and is often referred to simply as "Church on a Hill". On Pure Friday, many townspeople climb the church on the stairs, reading the prayer at every step.

Cemetery Spring Grove can be named a full city attraction. Carefully designed more than 160 years ago, it is listed as a national landmark and more like a beautiful landscape park. Confronting similarities, the cemetery is equipped with an arboretum with a lot of ancient trees.

In general, Cincinnati has more than 100 parks and squares with a total area of ​​more than 5 thousand acres. The city has the largest and most highly valued park system in the country.

Museums of Cincinnati

In Cincinnati, a large number of excellent museums, cultural centers and art galleries, and the inspection of them all will not last for a week. Moreover, many of them are free to visit - even the amazing and famous Art Museum.

The Art Museum of the city is located in the beautiful Eden Park and, according to the rating of the Chicago Institute of Art and the New York Museum of Modern Art, this museum is the best in the country. Among the special expositions are exhibitions of contemporary urban artists and the world's largest collection of Rockwood ceramics. Also very interesting is the Damascus Hall: this is the same exposition that can not be missed while visiting the museum.

In the Hall of Fame of American classical music you can get acquainted with the history of classical music in general and in the USA in particular through interactive displays. On Main Street there is an art gallery "Art beyond limits", where works of local disabled artists are exhibited. The Center for Contemporary Art on East Six Street is one of the regional leaders in the field of provocative art, and its very building is striking.

Occupying a historic building built in 1820, the museum owns a collection of beautiful paintings by European and American artists and Chinese porcelain. In the art gallery "Weston", located in the Art Center "Aranoff", at 3500 square meters. m space are paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, fabrics, electronic media and independent films. On the last Friday of the month, the Pendleton Art Center exhibits (including for sale), according to the administration, "the world's largest collection of artists under one roof."

The museum center in the Union terminal occupies the building of the railway station built in 1933, listed as a national landmark, and combines the museums of Cincinnati history, natural history and science, as well as the Duke Children's Energy Museum and the cinema. Other curious museums of the city are the Fire Museum, the Holocaust Center and the National Underground Railway Freedom Center, reminiscent of the important role of Cincinnati, where thousands of slaves fled to freedom, crossing the Ohio River.