Sicilian History Tour of the French Quarter (New Tour)

Sun Dec 07 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

1850 House Museum Store | New Orleans

Friends of the Cabildo
Publisher/HostFriends of the Cabildo
Sicilian History Tour of the French Quarter (New Tour)
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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.
2026 Dates:
January 4 (sold out)
January 11 (sold out)
February 1 (sold out)
February 8 (sold out)
March 1
March 8
April 4 (Saturday)
April 12
May 3
May 10

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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.
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1850 House Museum Store, 523 St Ann St, New Orleans, LA 70116-3318, United States

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