Galveston (USA)

Named after Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez, Galveston's first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816. The Port of Galveston was established in 1825 by the Congress of Mexico following its successful revolution from Spain. The city served as the main port for the Texas Navy during the Texas Revolution and later served as the capital of the Republic of Texas.

The twenty closest neighbours in the database:

Houston (USA) (75 km), Austin (USA) (302 km), San Antonio (USA) (354 km), Bandera (USA) (414 km), Atlanta (USA) (1,106 km), St. Louis (USA) (1,123 km), Orlando (USA) (1,311 km), Miami (USA) (1,491 km), The Art Institute of Chicago (1,543 km), Chicago (USA) (1,544 km), Milwaukee (USA) (1,650 km), Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village (1,782 km), Detroit (USA) (1,794 km), Washington D.C. (USA) (1,952 km), Las Vegas (USA) (2,044 km), Toronto (Canada) (2,104 km), Yellowstone National Park (2,192 km), Los Angeles (USA) (2,273 km), New York (USA) (2,274 km), Getty Center (2,295 km)

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