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Top 20 famous Landmarks in

BOSTON

Top 20 famous Landmarks in

BOSTON

Fenway Park Fenway Park is a baseball park located in Boston,

Massachusetts, at 4 Yawkey Way near

Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the

location for the Boston Red Sox, the city's Major

League Baseball franchise. It is the oldest ballpark in

MLB.

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BOSTON

Freedom Trail

The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long path through

downtown Boston, Massachusetts that passes by 16 locations significant

to the history of the United States.

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Old North Church

Old North Church, at 193 Salem Street, in the North

End of Boston, is the location from which the famous "One if by land,

and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent.

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BOSTON

Prudential Tower

The Prudential Tower, also known as the Prudential Building or, colloquially,

The Pru, is an International Style

skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall, located near the waterfront and today's

Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since

1743.

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Paul Revere House

The Paul Revere House was the colonial home of

American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution.

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BOSTON

USS Constitution USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy,

named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the

United States of America. Launched in 1797,

Constitution was one of six original frigates

authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third

constructed.

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Bunker Hill Monument

The Bunker Hill Monument was erected to commemorate the Battle of Bunker Hill, which was

among the first major battles between British and Patriot forces in the American Revolutionary

War, fought there June 17, 1775.

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Old State House

The Old State House is a historic building in

Boston, Massachusetts, at the intersection of

Washington and State Streets.

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Massachusetts State House

The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat

of government for the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts, located in the Beacon

Hill/Downtown neighborhood of Boston.

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Trinity Church

Trinity Church in the City of Boston, located in the

Back Bay of Boston, Massachusetts, is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The

congregation, currently standing at approximately

3,000 households, was founded in 1733.

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Old South Church

Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts, is a historic United Church of Christ congregation first organized in 1669.

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John Hancock Tower

200 Clarendon, and colloquially known as The

Hancock, is a 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper in Boston. The tower was designed by Henry N.

Cobb of the firm I. M. Pei & Partners and was completed in 1976.

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Nichols House Museum

The Nichols House Museum is a museum at 55 Mount Vernon Street

on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts. The house in which it is located was designed by the architect

Charles Bulfinch, and built by Jonathan Mason,

the politician, in 1804.

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Park Street Church

The Park Street Church in downtown Boston,

Massachusetts is an active Conservative

Congregational church with 2,000 in Sunday

attendance and around 1,000 members at the

corner of Tremont Street and Park Street.

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The First Church of Christ, Scientist

The First Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as

The Mother Church, is the administrative

headquarters and the mother church of the

Church of Christ, Scientist, also known as

the Christian Science church.

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Back Bay

Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

It is most famous for its rows of Victorian

brownstone homes — considered one of the best

preserved examples of 19th-century

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The Fens

The Fens, sometimes called Back Bay Fens, is a parkland and urban wild

in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States.

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Skywalk Observatory

Sky-high vantage point with an audio tour & sweeping 360-degree

views of greater Boston & beyond.

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Copley Square

Copley Square, named for painter John Singleton

Copley, is a public square in Boston's Back Bay

neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street,

Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street.