If you've ever been to a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, you know it's among the most majestically awesome concert venues on the planet. This week, the National Park Service and Department of the Interior officially declared the amphitheater and the park surrounding it as a national historic landmark.

According to John Jarvis, the Director of the National Park Service, Red Rocks "illustrates the principles and practices of New Deal-era naturalistic park design and master planning in a metropolitan park as well as the use of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) labor to develop such a park. Mount Morrison CCC Camp is one of the few surviving camps in the nation that retains a high concentration of original resources. The amphitheater in the park is one of America's best known performing arts venues, famous for its natural acoustics, design, and setting."

If you're lucky enough to attend a concert there anytime soon, not only are you visiting one of the world's premiere entertainment venues, you're also enjoying one of our country's finest landmarks.

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