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Tourist Information about Baton Rouge
A lively city, Baton Rouge, is embodied by remarkable structures, eerie mansions, admirable orchard along the impressive Mississippi's banks, great fields growing sugarcane and excellent plantations. The city, which is also the state capital of Louisiana, is seen at about seventy-five miles (121km), NW of New Orleans. It was about three centuries ago that Baton Rouge was named, after a red stick was found on a cliff facing Mississippi, by D' Iberville, a French researcher. Among the pride of the city, which is now known as the fifth largest port city in America, are the riverboat casinos filled with live entertainment, extravagant gambling, and also with great cooking as the Cajun cuisine. Another pride of Baton Rouge are the state universities based here in the city, specifically the Louisiana State University and the nations' biggest attested African-American University, the Southern University. The city is also rich in art and entertainment, as there are lots of art galleries and museums, ballet companies, planetarium, and an enterprising opera house. Baton Rouge, an active city with various lifestyles, is proud of both its man-made and natural treasures foreigners should not miss. |
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