La Brea
Rancho La Brea was a 4,439-acre Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California, United States, given in 1828 to Antonio Jose Rocha and Nemisio Dominguez by José Antonio Carrillo, the alcalde of Los Angeles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: land grant in California, United States
- Also known as: “Rancho La Brea”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dolby Theatre and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Dolby Theatre
Theater building
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The Dolby Theatre is a live-performance auditorium in the Ovation Hollywood shopping mall and entertainment complex, on Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits.
La Brea Tar Pits
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La Brea Tar Pits comprise an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hollywood and West Hollywood.
Hollywood
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No trip to Los Angeles is complete without a visit to its most famous district: Hollywood, best known as the self-declared entertainment capital of the world.
West Hollywood
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West Hollywood is a city on the West Side of Los Angeles, sandwiched between the Hollywood and Fairfax districts of Los Angeles to the east and Beverly Hills to the west.
Wilshire
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Greater Wilshire is an area of Los Angeles. Its boundaries are Melrose Avenue/Hollywood to the north, La Cienega Blvd/West Hollywood to the west, the 10 Freeway to the south, and Hoover Street/Westlake to the east.
La Brea
- Category: rancho of California
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“La Brea” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رانشو لا بريا”
- Catalan: “Ranxo La Brea”
- Galician: “Rancho La Brea”
- Irish: “Rancho La Brea”
- Persian: “رنچو لا بریا”
- Polish: “Rancho La Brea”
- Russian: “Ранчо Ла-Брея”
- Spanish: “Rancho La Brea”
- Ukrainian: “Ранчо Ла-Брея”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Holocaust Museum LA and West Wilshire Playground.
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