Nashville

 

Known as Music City USA

Settled on Christmas Day 1779

Capitol of the State of Tennessee

Population (2004): City 595,805; MSA 1,541,659

Central Time Zone

Served by 16 airlines

Gold Records at the Country Music Hall of Fame - photo: bryce_edwards
Nashville not Greece! - photo: Powellizer

Home of Maxwell House Coffee

The Grand Ole Opry is the world's longest continuously running radio programme

Home of the world's first FM radio station, W47NV (WSM-FM)

Nashville Chamber of Commerce

Nashville SCCM Visitor Site

 

Nashville Activities

Outdoor

107 City and County Parks

7 Municipal Golf Courses

9 Greenways

Entertainment

Live music

Live Theatre

History and Culture

Art Galleries: Frist Center for the Visual Arts, The Parthenon

Museums

Cheekwood Botanical Gardens

The Hermitage (Home of Andrew Jackson)

Fort Negley

Stones River National Battlefield

Nashville Zoo