The Financial District of Manhattan: The bull, the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, the World Trade Centre, 9/11 Memorial

The Financial District is one of the most attractive for tourists on Manhattan. There are many sightseeings in one place. So, you can take a lot of pics "in memory". It will take an hour or two at all. By the way, the best thing is to walk and make photos in the winter, there are fewer of tourists :)

So, there is the Financial District in Lower Manhattan. The most popular attraction is the famous charging bull on Broadway. Most of people mistakenly believe that he has to stand on Wall Street as a symbol of the New York Stock Exchange. Although, it should be noted that they are very close. Bull weighs 7,055 lbs, he has been cast in bronze.The statue symbolizes the aggressive financial optimism and prosperity.

Wall Street is the shortest Street of Financial District ... and its center. There is a global symbol of money, because the New York Stock Exchange is located here, between Broadway and the waterfront the East River.

New York Stock Exchange is the biggest Exchange of America and the largest in terms of turnover. It is here the well-known Dow Jones index is determined. The New York Stock Exchange has been created in 1792 by 24 New York brokers. They were tired of signing major financial transactions in the restorants, and they concluded the "Agreement under the plane tree." This document says about the establishment of the Stock Exchange. The address is Wall Street, 11.

It is said, the "Church of the Holy Trinity is the only island of spirituality on Wall Street". The temple was built in the late 17th century, though, modern look has been acquired only in 1846-m.

The National 9/11 Memorial complex has been built on the place of the destroyed twin towers of the World Trade Center. The Memorial has form of two pools of black granite, in which "water falls into eternity." Memorial dedicates to people who died on September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. Also, this monument is the recognition of the endurance of survivors. It is worth noting that the new skyscraper World Trade Center appeared thanks to the absence of fear and superstition in the American people.