Place d'Armes built on high ground, 1721, renamed after General Jackson following the Battle of #Nola, 1815. The Cabildo was the town hall, but is a #museum & popular #wedding venue today. St. Louis #Cathedral is the oldest functioning #church and iconic symbol of #neworleans. The Presbytere, identical to Cabildo, originally priest housing, then courthouse, & now museum. After almost 5 decades of residents taking over the adjacent streets to the square 4 #art & fortunes, the city laid state 1974