🇨🇦 St. John's & Signal Hill: Where History Sparked
📡 Signal Hill's Epic Claim to Fame On Dec 12, 1901, Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi received the world's first transatlantic radio signal here (sent from Cornwall, UK)! This birthed modern wireless communication 🌍⚡—making this hill sacred ground for tech geeks. 🏰 Cabot Tower (built 1898) Celebrates: John Cabot's 1497 Newfoundland landing (400th anniv.) Queen Victoria's 60-year reign 👑 ✨ Downtown Gems ⭐⭐ Basilica-Cathedral of St. John's Canada’s 2nd-largest church ✝️—a neo-Gothic masterpiece! ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jelly Bean Row Proof that even a capital city can be joyfully whimsical! Those rainbow houses 🎨 look like they’re straight out of a candy store. #Newfoundland #SignalHill #Marconi #HistoryBuff #ColorfulCanada