French Quarter
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Unlike the New Orleans version, Charleston’s French Quarter is Protestant in origin and flavor. Though not actually given the name until a preservation effort in the 1970s, historically this area was indeed the main place of commerce for the city’s population of French Huguenots, primarily a merchant class who fled religious persecution in their native country.
Today the five-block area—roughly bounded by East Bay, Market Street, Meeting Street, and Broad Street—contains some of Charleston’s most historic buildings, its most evocative old churches and graveyards, its most charming, narrow streets, and its most tasteful art galleries.
© Jim Morekis from Moon Charleston & Savannah, 4th Edition
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