St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square,
circa 1906. There have been 4 churches built on this site. One
of the churches which no longer stands perished in the great
fire of 1788 in which 85% of the city burned to the ground.
The present church is the result of a major renovation done
around the 1850's. An interesting note, in 1794 when the walls
of the cityís first cemetery were being demolished those
bricks were used to build another St. Louis Cathedral. Today,
architectural elements from our first city of the dead are now
incorporated into one of the most significant landmarks surrounding
the city of the living.
"Everytime I close my eyes blowing that trumpet
of mine – I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans
– it has given me something to live for." –Louis
Armstrong