Name: Sicilian History Tour of the French Quarter (New Tour)
Start: 2025-09-07T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-07T12:00:00-05:00
Location: 1850 House Museum Store

Sicilian History Tour of the French Quarter (New Tour)

Sicilian History Tour of the French Quarter
10 am Sundays Departing from 1850 House Museum Store (523 St. Ann St.) $30.00 ($20.00 Members) Tours must be registered in advance. No refunds. Rain or Shine.
2025 Dates:
August 3 (sold out)
September 7 (sold out)
October 5 (sold out)
October 12 (sold out)
November 2 (sold out)
December 7 (sold out)
2026 Dates:
January 4
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Examine the pivotal role of Sicilian immigrants in the French Quarter's post-bellum metamorphosis. This elegant narrative illuminates how their ambitious pursuit of prosperity rescued a district teetering on obsolescence, infusing it with renewed commercial vitality during the Reconstruction era. When economic desolation threatened the Quarter's very existence, Sicilian enterprise cultivated a remarkable renaissance. Their sophisticated cultural imprint fundamentally reshaped the district's character—an influential legacy whose refined contours continue to grace the Quarter's essence well into the twenty-first century.