» Tallahassee Facts

• The Capitol buildings - new and old -epitomize Tallahassee’s proud heritage. At the New Capitol, visitors get a glimpse of government in action and a panoramic view of the city from the 22nd floor observatory. In the shade of giant live oaks, the Old Capitol proudly stands restored to its 1902 appearance with candy-striped awnings, stained glass dome and historic displays.
  
• America’s largest concentration of original plantations — 300,000 acres, 71 plantations — exists between Tallahassee and Thomasville, Georgia, just 28 miles away.
  
• Southern Manors & More tour packages offer guided and self-guided itineraries featuring five historic estates; contact the Visitors Center for a free brochure, 413-9200.
  
• The first Christmas celebrated in the United States was in Tallahassee at the encampment of Spanish Explorer Hernando de Soto in 1539.
  
• Lights, Camera, Action … Early "Tarzan" movies featuring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan were filmed at nearby Wakulla Springs. Also filmed, were "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "Airport 77."
  
• George Washington’s great grandniece, Catharine Daingerfield-Willis-Gray and Napoleon Bonparte’s nephew, Prince Achille Murat, provided the social event of the season when they were married in Tallahassee in 1826. The plantation home of widowed Princess Murat is on exhibit at the Tallahassee Museum.
  
• Tallahassee lists 122 properties on the National Register of Historic Places.
  
• Featuring 28 sites including museums, galleries, public art sculpture, monuments and historic sites! Free tour maps available at the downtown Visitor Information Center and all participating sites.
  
• "Preservation of the past, respect for wildlife, and conservation of abundant natural resources… A distillation of what outdoor Tallahassee is all about."
    ~ Delta Sky
  
• "Where else in the Sunshine State can you pretend to be the governor, peruse pirates’ plunder, and peer breathlessly at a daring young man on a flying trapeze — all in the same day?"
    ~ Southern Living

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