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The
Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental structure in the
Marina District of
San Francisco, California. It was originally constructed for the 1915
Panama–Pacific International Exposition to exhibit works of art. Completely rebuilt from 1964 to 1974, it is the only structure from the exposition that survives on site. The most prominent building of the complex, a 162-foot-high (49-meter) open
rotunda, is enclosed by a
lagoon on one side, and adjoins a large, curved exhibition center on the other side, separated from the lagoon by
colonnades.Photograph credit:
Rhododendrites