Neighborhood: Treme Free Parking: No Handicapped Accessible: Yes
Attraction Information
Attraction Type/s: Park/Square (Recreational), Historic Site
Description:
In the southern corner of Armstrong Park is Congo Square, an open space where slaves and free blacks gathered throughout the 19th century for meetings, open markets, and the African dance and drumming celebrations that played a substantial role in the development of jazz. Local voodoo practitioners still consider Congo Square a spiritual base and gather at the Square for rituals.