HISTORY

Los Angeles started out as a small farming town in an area inhabited by friendly Native American Indians. Under the rule of the Spanish King, a little town was founded in 1781 for the Spanish soldiers guarding this far-off territory of Spain.
In 1821 Mexico declared her independence from Spain and many former Spanish explores and former soldiers as well as new arrivals from the East Coast and Europe came and settled in Southern California. Most of them lived from there newly setup ranches or trading with people to the north, east and south. In 1846 the Mexican American War began and the United States troops took, the then established town of Los Angeles the following year.

Los Angeles, nowadays the second largest city in the United States, after New York City is known for its Mediterranean climate, Mexican influence on architecture, the astonishing nature surrounding the city and its Hollywood stars. This huge multicultural city, inhabiting around 4 million souls is also home to the largest Mexican, Korean, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan populations outside of those countries. Los Angeles has grown enormously since the late 19th century.

Half a century of movie making has created the glamorous image of Los Angeles around the world. The city, with its palm trees, beaches, and swimming pools, has been idealized as the ultimate ‘American Dream’ for millions in the United States and abroad. To balance this out a bit, you could also find LA kind of big, overwhelming and hard to get to know. But we agree with someone who wrote “If you're not prepared to embrace the dream, you'll doubtless find it filthy, irritating, frightening or just plain dumb”. We say, checkout Los Angeles for yourself and start using your imagination!

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