SALT LAKE CITY, USA

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Salt Lake City is the capital and largest city of Utah. Salt Lake City is also the center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon Church). As the center of Mormonism, Salt Lake City is anchored by its Mormon pioneer roots.



Welcome to downtown Salt Lake City.





Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center is named after Utah's 11th Governor, Calvin L. Rampton.



A horse carriage at the street.



Looking at the city’s map for directions.



City Creek Center, a new major shopping area for the city, just opened in March 2012.





Fountain at City Creek Center.



Yummy chocolate ball. Too bad the shop was already closed by the time I reached there.



A big fat teddy bear at the Chocolate Factory.



View of the shopping area.





Silver bird sculptures at the City Creek Center.



One interesting fact about LDS Church is they used to practice polygamy. Long fights over the legal status of polygamy continued through the 1880s until the LDS Church prophet, Wilford Woodruff, told his members to give up polygamy in 1890. This declaration eventually allowed Utah to achieve statehood, with Salt Lake City as its capital, in 1896.



Temple Square consist of several administrative and assembly building which serves as the world headquarters for Mormon. The square also houses Salt Lake Temple, the biggest Mormon Temple in the world and is also Salt Lake City’s landmark.



The Salt Lake Temple at night. This magnificent granite structure was constructed over a period of 40 years, from year 1853 to year 1893. The building looks so beautiful at night. It almost looks like a fairy tale castle.



There are four gates at Temple Square: east, west, north and south.



Temple Square is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Unfortunately by the time I reached the Temple Square, it was already closed to visitors.





Mormonism is a religion originated from USA. Mormon uses standard biblical terminology, but uses their own Book of Mormon. Often confused by people, Mormons are not Christians.

It is reported that more than 63% of Utah’s people are members of the Mormon and approximately half of Salt Lake City’s people are Mormon.







The location for the temple was marked by Brigham Young.





The Brigham Young Monument is a bronzed historical monument located on the north sidewalk of the intersection at Main and South Temple Streets. It was erected in honour of pioneer-colonizer, 1st Utah's Governor and LDS Church President Brigham Young.

During the early days where polygamy is allowed, Brigham Young had 55 wives. Perhaps 1 wife per week? In that case, the wife would have met him once per year.





The Conference Center is home to the twice-yearly general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Seatings of more than 21,000 people at the main auditorium, this building is huge.