Ένα από τα πιο αναγνωρίσιμα και πιο πολυφωτογραφημένα αξιοθέατα παγκοσμίως αποτελεί το Hollywood Sign. Όπως όλοι οι τουρίστες έτσι κι εμείς θελήσαμε να βρεθούμε όσο πιο κοντά μπορούσαμε στην πινακίδα "Hollywood" ώστε να φωτογραφηθούμε μπροστά της.
Ανεβήκαμε τους λόφους του Hollywood έχοντας ως οδηγό μας τα λευκά γράμματα στο βάθος και παρκάραμε σε ένα άνοιγμα του δρόμου σε μία χωμάτινη πλατεία η οποία υπήρχε ειδικά εκεί γιατί το background ήταν ιδανικό.
H επιγραφή "Hollywood" είναι η short version της παλαιότερης "Hollywoodland" και φυσικά αποτελεί το πλέον χαρακτηριστικό σύμβολο του Los Angeles. Έχει 14 μέτρα ύψος και 110 μέτρα μήκος. Σύμφωνα με τη wikipedia δημιουργήθηκε το 1923 από μία κτηματομεσιτική εταιρία αλλά απέκτησε τέτοια αναγνωρισιμότητα ώστε την άφησαν να κοσμεί τους λόφους του Hollywood. Πολλές φορές έπεσε θύμα βανδαλισμού γιαυτό και σήμερα είναι αδύνατη η πρόσβαση κοντά στα γράμματα ενώ προστατεύεται από την μη κερδοσκοπική εταιρία Hollywood Sign Trust.
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Hollywood Sign is one of the most recognizable and photographed attractions worldwide. Like all the tourists, we also wanted to get as close as possible to the sign and take a picture in front of it.
We drove up to Hollywood Hills having the big white letters as our compass when we found an area and parked the car as the background was perfect.
"Hollywood" is the short version of the older "Hollywoodland" and today the most characteristic symbol of Los Angeles. As stated in wikipedia, "HOLLYWOOD" is spelled out in 45-ft tall (14m) white capital letters, and is 350ft (110m) long. It was originally created in 1923 as an ad for a local real estate but it garnered increasing recognition. The sign became a frequent target of vandalism and after its last restoration, a security system to deter vandalism was installed. Today it is protected and promoted by the Hollywood Sign Trust a non profit organisation.
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The second most recognizable and photographed attraction in Hollywood is the Hollywood Boulevard and specifically Walk of Fame. Stars of famous people cover Hollywood BLVD throughout its length. There, one can find also the Chinese Theatre, Graumans Egyptian Theatre, many shops, many tourists and lots of attractions.
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Another attraction is the metro station Hollywood-Vine as is cinema-decorated having a huge camera in the middle of the room(donated by the Academy) and bobbins around the ceiling.
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It looks like you had fun!
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It was great! Thank you, you too, happy summer :)
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Oh, you should!! Kisses xx
Deleteyou're so lucky to be there, looks like you really enjoyed it <3
ReplyDeleteIt was amazing! thank you, kisses
DeleteWOW! I'd love sooo bad to go to L.A.!!!! :D Love it!
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Oh it is really cool there! I wish that you go one day! happy holidays :)
DeleteI live very close to here! Love the photos and your blog!
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Oh really?? I'd love to live there and have the view of Hollywood sign al the time at the background! But maybe after a while you don't even notice it I guess..
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Beautiful pics! Hope you had a fab time x
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Thank you! It was a really nice experience! In the mecca of cinema! Kisses from Greece
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