Tuesday, October 13th

 National Constitution Center

We visited the National Constitution Center and went to the City Hall; both places are in the city center of Philadelphia .

The National Constitution Center is an institution which gives us information and explanations about the United States Constitution; it is also a way to teach American citizens more about the Constitution, the birth of the U.S and the historic circumstances of its birth. It opened on the  4th of July  2003, on the national holiday so there is a real relation between this place and the early stages of U.S history.

City Hall

City Hall is located in the center of Philly; it was built between 1871 and 1901 and was the tallest building in all Pennsylvania until 1932, and until 1987 in Philly because there was an unofficial law which said that you couldn’t build a taller building than City Hall. Now it is the 16th highest building in Philly. At the top, there is a  bronze statue of William Penn who was the founder of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia; it is the biggest statue atop any building in the world : it is 11,3 m (37 ft.) and it weighs 27 tons.


 OUTSIDE CITY HALL

INSIDE CITY HALL












Gaëtan DAVEAU Guillaume CRITTOGAMO