Excerpt from Catalogue of the Jacob Stern Loan Collection
The setting of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor is most dramatic and beautiful. There are few monuments in history which have had sites equal to this. The Taj Mahal has a very beautiful location, but not as dramatic. The Parthenon has a most commanding situation, but not as beautiful an approach. Many of the English Cathedrals are finely placed, with the spaces about them parked;the French, Italian and Spanish cathedrals are usually situated in the center of cities with habitations surrounding them, under their protection, as it were.
The California Palace of the Legion of Honor stands in its majesty high on a hill. On the side, far, far below, lies the blue water of the Pacific. In the middle distance one sees the Golden Gate, and to the right San Francisco, shimmering in the sunlight, has the appearance of an Italian or a Spanish City.
The above are only a few of the interesting features of the Palace, it needs a visit to the building itself to tell the whole story. It is then that the thought and purpose of this great gift to San Francisco can be fully appreciated.
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