Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental structure located in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, originally built for the 1915 PanamaPacific International Exposition to exhibit works of art. Completely rebuilt from 1964 to 1974, it is the only structure from the exposition that survives on site.
Conceived to evoke a decaying ruin of ancient Rome, the Palace of Fine Arts became one of San Francisco's most recognizable landmarks. The most prominent building of the complex, a 162-foot-high (49-meter) open rotunda, is enclosed by a lagoon on one side and adjoins a large, curved exhibition center on the other side, separated from the lagoon by colonnades. As of 2019, the exhibition center (one of San Francisco's largest single-story buildings) was in use as a venue for events such as weddings or trade fairs.
Photo: …trialsanderrors (Public domain); Edwin Deakin (Public domain); Db7178 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Conceived to evoke a decaying ruin of ancient Rome, the Palace of Fine Arts became one of San Francisco's most recognizable landmarks. The most prominent building of the complex, a 162-foot-high (49-meter) open rotunda, is enclosed by a lagoon on one side and adjoins a large, curved exhibition center on the other side, separated from the lagoon by colonnades. As of 2019, the exhibition center (one of San Francisco's largest single-story buildings) was in use as a venue for events such as weddings or trade fairs.
Photo: …trialsanderrors (Public domain); Edwin Deakin (Public domain); Db7178 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)