Lying above the Mississippi in Baton Rouge - another well-known city of Louisiana. Its main monument is considered to be the 138-meter marble Capitol building and the surrounding vast (11 hectares) park. Also good Baton Rouge Zoo with a huge (57 acres) of wooded area, which contains more than 400 animals, as well as its rural museum, established on the basis of the collected across the state plantation houses of the XIX century. You can also visit surrounded by forests and parks, city Alegzandriya, huge salt domes Avery Island (say here make the best sauce "Tabasco" in the state), a quiet and elegant city of the St Martinville, also known as "Little Paris", the city of Shreveport - a recognized center of nightlife, the birthplace of "Tabasco" - New Iberia, the oldest city in the state - Natchitoches Parish (founded as a fort in 1714), the American center colorful roses, historical site Poverty Point culture (religious center of the native Americans, dating back to 1700 . BC -.. one of the most important archaeological sites in the United States).

 

In Louisiana, a lot of protected natural areas, among which the most famous national parks Cane River (except for protected natural areas includes the eponymous historical park) near Natchitoches Parish, Jean-Lafitte in New Orleans National Monument Poverty Point culture in Epps, Saline Bayou in northern part of the state and national forest reserve Kisatchi near Pineville. Also many excursions offered in the area of ​​the old colonial houses, often located right on the marshes.