Roald Amundsen Memorial
The Roald Amundsen Memorial by Sigvald Asbjørnsen is installed in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, in the U.S. state of California. It honours Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; ; 16 July 1872 – ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen bega ..., the first person to the South Pole. External links * Golden Gate Park Monuments and memorials in California Outdoor sculptures in San Francisco Sculptures of men in California {{California-sculpture-stub ...
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Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, United States, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. It is administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the development of Golden Gate Park. Configured as a rectangle, it is similar in shape to but 20 percent larger than Central Park in New York City, to which it is often compared. It is over three miles () long east to west, and about half a mile () north to south. With 24 million visitors annually, Golden Gate is the third most-visited Urban park, city park in the United States after Central Park and the Lincoln Memorial. History Development In the 1860s, San Franciscans began to feel the need for a spacious public park similar to Central Park, which was then taking shape in New York City. Golden Gate Park was carved out of unpromising sand and shore dunes that were known as the Outside Lands, in an unincorporated area west of San Francisco's then-curre ...
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