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The city has maintained its sense of history and tradition, while carefully blending in cosmopolitan progress. The seventh largest city in the United States, it is now the crossroads and a meeting place of close to twenty million visitors a year that delight in and discover San Antonio's charms.

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San Antonio remains a history mecca for historical buffs. Starting with the Alamo that is permanently etched in the annals of history. Where 189 defenders held the old mission against some 4,000 Mexican troops for 13 days. The cry "Remember the Alamo" became the rallying point of the Texan revolution against Mexico. Located in the heart of downtown, today The Alamo is a shrine and museum.

A tour of downtown San Antonio will uncover centuries of history, including:
La Villita the reconstruction of a 250-year-old Spanish-speaking settlement;
the Spanish Governor's Palace which was the seat of government when San Antonio was the capital of the Spanish Province of Texas;
San Fernando Cathedral, whose construction was started in 1731 by Canary Islanders
Market Square, the largest Mexican marketplace outside of Mexico
the Hertzberg Circus Collection and numerous old homes
The Hemisfair Plaza, site of the 1968 world's fair, contains the Institute of Texan Cultures and the 750-ft (229-m) Tower of the Americas
the Steves Homestead, a mansion open to the public in the King William Historic District.
A new central library designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta opened in 1995.

Among San Antonio's Educational Institutions:

• Alamo Community College District
  
  • Northeast Lakeview College
    
  • Northwest Vista College
    
  • Palo Alto College
    
  • San Antonio College
    
  • St. Philip's College

• Baptist University of the Américas
  
• Cancer Therapy and Research Center
  
• Everest Institute
  
• Hallmark Institute
  
• ITT Technical Institute
  
• Mind Science Foundation
  
• Oblate School of Theology
  
• Our Lady of the Lake University
  
• Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
  
• Southwest Research Institute
  
• St. Mary's University
  
• St. Mary's University School of Law
  
• Texas A&M University–Kingsville System Center (which will become Texas A&M University–San Antonio in 2009)
  
• Trinity University
  
• The University of Texas at San Antonio
  
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  
• University of Phoenix - San Antonio
  
• University of the Incarnate Word
  
• Wayland Baptist University
  

The Southwest Research Institute is notable for its research into the technical problems of the region.
The city has artists' colonies, an art institute and numerous museums.
It is also home to the Spurs (National Basketball Association).

San Antonio is located in Texas tɛksəs/, the largest state in the coterminous United States. It is located in the South Central part of the country and is bounded by Oklahoma; Arkansas (NE); Louisiana(E); the Gulf of Mexico (SE); Mexico, across the Rio Grande River (SW); and New Mexico (W).

is the second-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States of America. Located in the northern part of South Texas, the city is a cultural gateway into the American Southwest. San Antonio is the seat of Bexar County with a population of 1.2 million as of the 2006 U.S. Census estimate. Its metropolitan area has a population of 1.9 million and is the 29th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S.

San Antonio was named for the Italian Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day it was (June 13) when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in 1691. The city has a strong military presence—it is home to Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base, Randolph Air Force Base, and Brooks City-Base, with Camp Bullis and Camp Stanley right outside the city. San Antonio is home to the South Texas Medical Center, the largest and only medical research and care provider in the South Texas region.

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