Charleston (city, South Carolina) is a city in southeastern South Carolina, seat of Charleston County. It is located on a narrow, low-lying peninsula amongst the Ashley and Cooper rivers, at the head of a broad bay leading to the Atlantic Ocean. The city also contains an area around the western bank of the Ashley River.
Charleston is one of the busiest ports of the southeastern United States; it’s great, almost landlocked harbor deals with both coastal and overseas trade. The city is also a rail, road, and air transportation hub. One of many manufactures here are paper, metal products, chemicals, cigars, molded rubber products, as well as petrochemicals. A large United States Navy shipyard along with an air force base is situated north of the city. It is the seat of the College of Charleston (1770), the oldest municipal college (since 1837) in the country; the Medical University of South Carolina (1824); The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina (1842); Charleston Southern University (1964); and also Trident Technical College (1964). A cultural center in the South, it's the site of a great yearly arts celebration, the American counterpart of the Festival of the Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. Also here are the Gibbes Art Gallery and the Charleston Library Society (1748), one of many oldest libraries in the country. A leading tourist attraction is definitely the extensive historical district, renowned for its lush gardens and the varied architecture. Three fortifications stand within the mouth of Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter and Castle Pinckney (1797), both made on shoals, and Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan’s Island.
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