House of Pacific Relations International Cottages
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The House of Pacific Relations International Cottages is a complex of cottages in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California. Built for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition, they currently house 33 groups that "promote multicultural goodwill and understanding through educational and cultural programs".[1] Groups that do not have their own cottage meet in the nearby Hall of Nations.[2] The United Nations Association of San Diego operates separately out of the neighboring United Nations Building.[3]
In 2021, the House of Pacific Relations International Cottages expanded, adding new cottages for Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Peru, India, Korea, Palestine, Turkey, and
Cottages
There are 32 cultures represented in the park represented by 31 cottages.[4] Prior to 1992, Czechoslovakia was represented as a single cottage, and since its partition, both cultures still share the same cottage.[5] The current 31 cottages are:[6]
- House of Chamorros
- House of China
- House of Colombia
- House of Czech and Slovak Republics
- House of Denmark
- House of England
- House of Finland
- House of France
- House of Germany
- House of Hungary
- House of India
- House of Iran
- House of Ireland
- House of Israel
- House of Italy
- House of Korea
- House of Lebanon
- House of Mexico
- House of Norway
- House of Palestine
- House of Panama
- House of Peru
- House of the Philippines
- House of Poland
- House of Puerto Rico
- House of Scotland
- House of Spain
- House of Sweden
- House of Turkey
- House of Ukraine
- House of USA
References
- ^ "House of Pacific Relations International Cottages - Balboa Park". balboapark.org. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "More International Cottages Coming to Balboa Park". NBC 7 San Diego. Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ "United Nations - San Diego". Archived from the original on 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ "HPR - Home Page". Archived from the original on 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Czech and Slovak Cottage - About". Retrieved 2020-11-30.
- ^ "Countries Represented". Archived from the original on 2022-10-28. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
External links
Media related to House of Pacific Relations - International Cottages at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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