Palace of Fine ArtsSplendid Setting
3301 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA
94123
Neighborhood: Marina
Nearest Train: MUNI BUS: 30Phone: +1 415 563 6504
Fax: +1 415 567 4062
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Audio Guide Video Guide Constructed as a temporary attraction for the 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exhibition, this Grecian temple of a monument continues to enchant and enhance the city. The original plaster, which made up the monuments exterior, has been gradually replaced with funds raised by Marinas well-heeled residents who were loath to lose such a graceful part of their landscape. Swans in the adjoining lagoon glide by the soaring ochre-tinted colonnades and the imposing dome ringed with panels of centaurs and warriors engaged in battle over nubile maidens. Those column-top statues of sorrowing maidens turned away from prying eyes are using their tears to water the long-gone oaks that originally stood in the planters that they surround. Stroll inside the dome, clap your hands and marvel at the uncanny acoustics, then enjoy a picnic lunch on one of the park benches scattered to provide an unparalleled view of this gem.Colorado Vacation GiveawayEnter for your chance to win a Colorado Vacation! www.ColoradoTourism.comdisabled access.
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Photographers dream, not sure it is possible to come home with bad pictures from your visit to Palac...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Apr 06 2007





I was so surprised there was something like this in this city. It reminds me of old european art......
Reviewed by:Kristine V from on Apr 05 2007





All i ever heard was about this place or seen in movies the scenes there. This is a place where i lo...
Reviewed by:jessi from on Mar 12 2007
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