Salem (Massachusetts)
Essex County
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The city of Salem [ seɪləm ] in the State of Massachusetts is located about 26 miles north of Boston on the east coast of the United States.
History
Salem was founded in 1626 by a group of Puritan fishermen to Roger Conant.
1683, 83 percent of taxpayers in Salem without church affiliation.
The city by the Salem witch trials that took place in 1692 was known. This earned her the nickname The Witch City ( German: " The Witch City " ) a. In the Salem Witch Trials of the pastor and writer John Wise argued for the defendants, and thus reached the hitherto valid role of the church in the British colonies. In the city remember numerous museums at this time. By Arthur Miller's play The Crucible 1953 Salem became a household name worldwide.
Tourism
Salem is a popular destination because of its history and well-preserved architecture. In addition to the Salem Witch Museum and the Haunted Happenings for Halloween are a special attraction. Around one million international guests visit the city every year.
In Salem, the Peabody Essex Museum is a major art collection.
Another popular tourist destination is the house of the seven gables. The former home of Nathaniel Hawthorne served as his inspiration for his novel The House of the Seven Gables, and is now a museum.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician, astronomer and physicist
- Christopher John Cassidy, NASA astronaut
- George Cabot, politicians
- Charles Colin, jazz musician, author and teacher
- Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy of the United States
- Arthur Foote, composer
- Benjamin Goodhue, politicians
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer
- Benjamin Johnson Lang, organist, pianist, conductor and composer
- John Larch, actor
- Samuel McIntire, architect and artist
- Charles Osgood, painter
- Charles Grafton Page, inventor
- Timothy Pickering, third secretary of state
- William Hickling Prescott, historian
- John Rogers, artist and sculptor
Others
Salem is the model for the city of Arkham, a scene of several short stories of the American horror author HP Lovecraft. In addition to Robert Craven, the main character inspired by Lovecraft Hexer von Salem - book series, descended from the witches of Salem.
Nathaniel Hawthorne The young neighbor Brown and the novel processed The house of the seven gables, the witch trials, among others, in the short story.