1. A city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site of an important naval base.
2. City in Texas (USA); zip code 78384.
City and US naval air station, on the Pacific Ocean, and on the border of Mexico, in California, US; metropolitan area 2,498,000. San Diego is linked to Tijuana, Mexico, by a 16 mi/26 km transit line. It is an important Pacific Ocean fishing port. Manufacturing includes aerospace and electronic equipment, metal fabrication, printing and publishing, seafood canning, and shipbuilding.
history.
San Diego’s deep-water harbor was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo 1542. A Spanish mission and fort were established 1769 (San Diego de Alcala Mission, the first mission, has been restored). It was occupied by American troops during the Mexican war 1846. It grew rapidly after the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad. It became an aviation center, and the Consolidated Aircraft Company moved here in the late 1930s. Charles Lindbergh’s plane Spirit of St Louis was built here, and he took off on his flight around the world from the North Island Naval Air Station. The establishment of military bases during World War II boosted the economy.
features.
The city's Mexican and Spanish heritage is preserved in the Old Town San Diego State History Park, with the Casa de Machado y Stewart (an 1833 adobe), La Casa de Bandini (a hacienda), and La Casa de Estudillo (an 1829 adobe). The Gaslamp Quarter is a restored Victorian area. The San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park commemorates the Mexican War. In Balboa Park there are several museums, including the San Diego Museum of Art 1926, with fine collections of contemporary Californian and Asian art, the Museum of Man, and the Hall of Champions Sports Museum. The Timken Museum of Art 1965 concentrates on American paintings. The San Diego Aerospace Museum and the International Aerospace Hall of Fame reflect the city's importance as an aerospace center.
San Diego Zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park, and Sea World, which includes the Rocky Point Preserve (now home of the Alaskan sea otters rescued after the 1989 Exxon-Valdez oil spill), are here. There are hotels and resorts on the Coronado peninsula, including the Hotel Del Coronada 1887, which is said to have been the inspiration for the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz (Frank L Baum was a local resident). At La Jolla, a suburb of San Diego, there are a number of important institutions, including the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1962), designed by Louis Kahn; the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the largest in the United States; and the University of California at San Diego. The Mission San Luis Rey 1798 is here. The San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art 1916 is in the home of Ellen Browning Scripps. + prikaži više