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Top 10 Monuments & Statues in Louisiana, United States
Louisiana tourism is centered on New Orleans and the North Shore region in the southeastern corner of the state near the Florida border. West of New Orleans is the Great River Road, with the I-10 running to the Mississippi River port capital city of Baton Rogue. West of New Orleans along the Gulf of Mexico, the I-10 cuts through Lafayette and Lake Charles on its way past Abbeville to Texas. Central Louisiana is Lake Country, and home to cities like Alexandria and Natchitoches. In northern Louisiana, the I-20 runs west from Monroe to Bossier City, Shreveport, and East Texas. Unless Louisiana is very familiar and frequent territory, New Orleans will be the top choice for a Louisiana vacation. Though Mardi Gras, music, and the winning ways of the New Orleans Saints football team get the spotlight, there is much more to explore in New Orleans. Within New Orleans choose among Bourbon Street, Royal Street, the Upper and Lower French Quarters, the Warehouse and Central Business District, the Garden District and Uptown, and Mid-City. With street car lines linking the French Quarter to the Garden District, Convention Center, and everywhere else, it is easy for the whole family to get around. If long walks are your exercise, explore the scenic city on foot. An easy two-hour drive from New Orleans brings you to Baton Rogue, Natchitoches and Lake Country. Explore old Beauregard Town in downtown Baton Rogue, the historic homes of the Baton Rogue Garden District, and tour one or several working plantations. Walk the 33-block Historic Landmark District and tour the historic homes and churches of Natchitoches. Relive Spanish Empire history in Louisiana at Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site. Heading west from New Orleans is Cajun Country and Lafayette with its mix of French, French Canadian (Acadian), Spanish, and Caribbean cultures. Besides Cajun and Creole cookery, explore the Civil War heritage at the Lafayette Museum. Stop by Abbeville to view the courthouse designed by Hayes Town, St. Mary Magdalen Church, and have a seafood meal. With 75 annual festivals Lake Charles is Louisiana's Festival City, and home to the Creole Nature Trail Scenic Byway. Shreveport and Bossier City in northwest Louisiana are casino and entertainment centers. Shreveport is renowned for hosting the Louisiana State Fair in the fall. Plus floral centers, art galleries, and museums. Monroe in the northeast also has notable gardens.
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1. Vernon Veterans Memorial Park
2. Our Sacred Stories
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 208 reviews
Reviewed By BorneAppetit - Indianapolis, United States
Denise has many roots in NOLA. So if you are wanting a tour from an authentic Voodoo practitioner who is well educated in the Christian Saints as well as the St Louis cemetery residents, stories, and symbols then book your tour with Denise.
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4. Louisiana Airborne Memorial Bridge and Monument
5. Joan of Arc Statue
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 77 reviews
Reviewed By UOtterTravel - Port Saint Lucie, United States
Joan d'Arc is the patron saint of New Orleans and this statue is near the French Market. The statue was a gift to New Orleans from France. Joan d'Arc's primary weapon was the cannon, and there are two along with the statue.
6. Hurricane Katrina Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By AerialShapeShifter
Recommend visiting the site with a tour to hear the history of not only Hurricane Katrina but the aftermath and the story behind the memorial. The amazing culture of this city was built and maintained by the people of New Orleans. It is pertinent to pay respect to those who lost their lives in this horrible event.
7. Caddo Parish Confederate Monument
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 35 reviews
8. Deepwater Horizon Memorial
9. Ignatius J Reilly Statue
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By K3534TOmichaels - Toronto, Canada
There is so little justice in the world - it delighted me to see this statue of Ignatius J Reilly on Canal Street in New Orleans. The history of Ignatius J Reilly, as related in the pulitzer-prize winning novel, A Confederacy of Dunces , by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's suicide. Its central character, Ignatius J. Reilly, is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother in the Uptown neighborhood of early-1960s New Orleans who, in his quest for employment, has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters.
10. Evangeline Monument
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By FLChristianMom
This monument is not located at the Longfellow Evangeline State Historic Site. This monument is located at the Saint Martin de Tours Mother Church of the Acadians (on the National Register of Historic Places) in St. Martinville. The yellow and white church takes center stage in downtown and stage left is the Evangeline Monument. In front of the Monument are tombstone plaques, some in pieces and some dating back to 1791. Of course none of this means anything unless Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem, Evangeline, is read beforehand. It is an eloquently written piece of history of the Acadian people and their expulsion from Novia Scotia to Southern Louisiana. There is a love story between Evangeline and Gabriel as well as descriptions of the topography, culture, and people of Acadiana. This is worth the trip alone to see the poem come to life. Also depicted in the poem is the Evangeline Oak located behind the church across the street heading toward Bayou Teche. It is a nice place to reflect on the Acadian history and see an exerpt of the poem on Longfellow's bust. It was a lovely day to stroll and we spent an hour at most. We parked on a side street for free and even heard the church bells after a funeral let out. It took us 15 minutes to drive from downtown Lafayette through back roads.
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