ABSTRACT
The social and cultural significance of some of the most important iconic places, structures, and buildings in the United States, and, in many cases, using these icons for a discussion of topics related to their symbolic meaning. The author deals with iconic aspects of French culture, such as 'The New Citroen, Plastic', 'The Iconography of the Abbe Pierre' or 'The Eiffel Tower' and offers a semiotically informed Marxist interpretation of them. He describes 'markers' as follows: The point is, usually tourists come prepared with a good deal of prior information about iconic sights they visit; they seldom just stumble upon them, though that kind of thing is possible. These markers color peoples' expectations of what they will find when they visit a sight and what kind of experience they can expect from their sight-seeing. The author deals with icons, it is worth considering the most popular American tourism sites where these icons are located.
