Town was established by French, but it was secretly ceded to the Spanish in 1762( the citizens did not realize it until four years later). Spain returned the city to France just in time for Thomas Jefferson to purchase it in 1803. Multiculturalism rules here - Spanish courtyards, Victorian verandas, Acadian jambalaya,...Turists Information Office is in French Quarter. New Orleans lives with jazz at the night´s parties.
