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Cliff House An: The irst ancient land-dwelling vertebrate to be found ?n Antarctica, it was discovered in a cliff near ;he head of the Beardmore Glacier, only 325 mi (523 km) from the South Pole. The sediments in which the fossil was found were deposited in a swampy stream more than 200 'nillion years ago. With it in the cliff were ossils of typical freshwater plants of early Triassic age (225 million to 180 million years oefore the present time).
Boys and other choirs; Musikvereinsquartett in chamber music; Lieder; light opera. Famous conductors like Bruno Walter, Furtwangler, Karajan, Kubelik.
Salzburg Festival (July-August), world-known. Opera; ballet; symphonic concerts; mystery plays such as Jedermann (Everyman). There are two unique features: First, the Felsenreitschule (Cliff Riding School), a theater with boxes that were used in former times hewn from the solid cliff.
A few blocks west o. Fisherman's Wharf is the Maritime Museum where many exhibits reflecting the city's lonj history as a major world seaport are on display Other points of interest are the Cliff House an< Fleishhacker Zoo, both on the ocean front, thi Latin Quarter near the base of Telegraph Hill and the old Barbary Coast, the latter mud changed from the days when its dance halls am bars and gambling resorts were known to sailor* from all over the world. |
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