Newport, Rhode Island

Newport
Några av de historiska byggnaderna i Newport nära kusten
Några av de historiska byggnaderna i Newport nära kusten
LandUSA USA
DelstatRhode Island
CountyNewport
Koordinater41°29′17″N 71°18′45″V / 41.488002°N 71.312622°V / 41.488002; -71.312622
Yta29,5 km²
 - vatten9,6 km²
Folkmängd26 475 (2000)
Befolkningstäthet897 invånare/km²
Grundad1639
TidszonEST
ZIP-kod02840-02841
Riktnummer403
Geonames5223593
Webbplats: http://www.cityofnewport.com/
En satellitbild på Newport.

Newport är en stad i Newport County, Rhode Island, USA med cirka 26 475 invånare (2000).

Historik

Kolonialtiden

Touro Synagogue, USA:s äldsta existerande synagoga.

Newport grundades 1639.

Utbildning

I Newport ligger Naval Station Newport som är säte för Naval War College.

Kultur

International Tennis Hall of Fame är ett tennismuseum vid Newport Casino i Newport, Rhode Island. Museet grundades 1954 av James Van Alen och är numera det största tennismuseet i världen.

Bellevue Avenue historiska distrikt

Under stadens ”gyllene” ålder på 1800-talet byggdes några av de största herrgårdarna i USA:s historia. Idag underhålls majoriteten av herrgårdarna av The Preservation Society of Newport County och finns öppna för allmänheten att besöka.

Kända herrgårdar är bland annat:

  • The Elms
  • The Breakers

Vänorter

Newport har följande vänorter:[1]

Galleri

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NewportRI ISS012-E-19051 annotated.jpg
Astronaut photo of w:Newport, Rhode Island, USA, with major features labelled. Taken from the International Space Station.
Flag of the Azores.svg
Azores flag, from the xrmap flag collection 2.7.

The nine stars represent the nine islands which are: São Miguel, São Jorge, Terceira, Santa Maria, Graciosa, Faial, Pico, Flores, and Corvo.

The bird represent the goshawk which the word Azores derived from.

The shield represents the lesser arm of Portugal, of which the Azores is an autonomous region.
Touro Synagogue, Newport, RI.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: dbking, Licens: CC BY 2.0

Touro Synagogue, Newport, RI...America's first synagogue

There has been a Jewish community in Newport since 1677, and it is believed that it may date back as far as 1656. The original settlers were Sephardic Jews who had been forced out of Spain by the Inquisition. They landed in New Amsterdam in the early 1600s and worked their way up the East Coast to Newport. Rhode Island was an oasis of tolerance in the otherwise intolerant colonies.

The present building was dedicated in 1763. Peter Harrison was the architect, and the first rabbi, Isaac Tuoro, verbally gave him the description of a synagogue. This makes it the oldest synagogue in the United States. There are 12 pillars inside, one for each of the tribes of Israel. The men worshipped on the main floor along the walls, and the Torah was read from the center of the room. The woman worshipped from the second level. There are no stairs in the synagogue, so we wondered how the woman got up there.

At the time of the American Revolution, there were 30 Jewish families in Newport, and this was their golden age: they were successful businessmen and ship-owners. This group was dispersed by the war, and the original community never came back, though individuals did. The synagogue survived the war because it was used by the British as a hospital, not because it was a house of worship. Later, it was used as a courthouse. Among the treasures on display here is a letter from President Washington guaranteeing the Jews of Newport freedom to practice their religion and a 500-year-old Torah believed to have been brought here by the first Sephartic Jews.

The present community is descended from Askenazy Jews who came to this country from Eastern Europe. Through all its many incarnations, the Jews held the keys to the building, and it is believed that they opened the synagogue as a stop on the Underground Railroad. (there is a trapdoor in the center of the Beema where slaves are believed to have been hidden).

In America , like millions of others, found the religious toleration they had so long sought. In his famous letter to "The Hebrew Congregation in Newport," written in 1790, President George Washington pledged that the new nation would" give to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance" and thereby set the standard for religious freedom and civil liberties in America.



Touro Synagogue, Newport, RI
Newport Rhode Island USA.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: Matthew Trump, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Newport, Rhode Island, Mary St, viewed from Thames St. Showing the Inntowne Inn, now operating as America's Cup Inn.
Old Rhode Island State House edit1.jpg
(c) Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0
Old State House in Newport, RI, USA, former meeting place of colonial and state legislatures.
Fort Adams Newport Rhode Island.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: The original uploader was Swampyankengelska Wikipedia., Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
This is my 2008 photo of Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island.
Prescott Farm1.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: susteph, Licens: CC BY 2.0
Prescott Farm, Middletown, RI
Newport Bridge RI.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: Raime, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
The Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge in Rhode Island, with a tall ship passing underneath.