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El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument
Los Angeles, California 90012
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- Year(s)/Era: Los Angeles City’s oldest historic district. Founded September 1781
- Type of Place: District
- Nomination: It is the birthplace of Los Angeles
- Most notable attribute(s): The forty-four settlers of Native American, African and European heritage who journeyed more than one-thousand miles across the desert from present-day northern Mexico and established a farming community in September 1781, lends to the diverse Los Angeles we know today.
- Special designations or recognitions: Designated a state historic monument in 1953. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
- Three words to describe: Educational, Cultured, Historic
- Anything else to share? El Pueblo is a celebration of diversity and an acknowledgment of the richness of culture that is Los Angeles.
Local Government:
City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California 90012