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[[Image:New Orleans.jpg|right|300px]]
[[Image:New Orleans.jpg|right|300px]]
'''New Orleans''' is the largest city in [[Louisiana]]. Originally part of the [[France|French]] territories in America, it retains a great deal of French heritage.
'''New Orleans''' is the largest city in [[Louisiana]]. Originally part of the French and Spanish territories in America, it retains a great deal of French heritage.
Perhaps best known as the city that gave birth to [[Jazz]] and of the location of Mardi Gras, it was also in the news in August 2005 when [[Hurricane Katrina]] caused numerous failures in its levee defence system that caused widespread devastation.
Perhaps best known as the city that gave birth to [[Jazz]] and of the location of Mardi Gras, it was also in the news in August 2005 when [[Hurricane Katrina]] caused numerous failures in its levee defence system that caused widespread devastation.
[[Category:Louisiana Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Louisiana Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Urban History]]
[[Category:The South]]