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The city of San Francisco is built on a fault: the tip of a peninsula that closes the bay of San Francisco, built on hills and facing the Pacific, for landing the plane is memorable. San Francisco was in large part destroyed by the earthquake of 1906, yet many neighborhoods retain vestiges of the nineteenth century, especially the colorful Victorian houses of wood, the most famous are in Alamo Square, east of San Francisco . Take time to browse the excellent article on San Francisco on Wikipedia