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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Mix together a beautiful European-like city with attractive residents
(call them porteños), gourmet cuisine, awesome shopping, a frenzied nightlife
and top-drawer activities, and you get Buenos Aires, a cosmopolitan metropolis
with both slick neighborhoods and equally downtrodden areas –but that’s part of
the appeal. It’s an elegant, seductive place with a ragged edge, laced with
old-world languor and yet full of contemporary attitude. BA is somehow
strangely familiar, but unlike any other city in the world.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;"> In between cutting-edge
designer boutiques, ritzy neighborhoods and grand parks are unkempt streets
full of spewing buses and bustling fervor. Seek out classic BA: the old-world
cafés, colonial architecture, fun outdoor markets and diverse communities. Rub
shoulders with the formerly rich and famous in Recoleta’s cemetery, making sure
to sidestep the ubiquitous dog piles on the sidewalks. Fill your belly at a
parrilla (steak restaurant), then spend the night partying away in Palermo
Viejo’s trendiest dance club.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;"> Hunt for that antique gem in a
dusty San Telmo shop, or visit on Sunday for the barrio’s spectacularly popular
fair. Learn to sweep your leg dancing the sultry tango, and then attend a
super-passionate fútbol match between River and Boca. These unforgettable
adventures (and many more) are just waiting for you to go out and experience
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;"> Everyone knows someone who has
been here and raved about it. You’ve put it off long enough. Come to Buenos Aires and you’ll
understand why so many people have fallen in love with this amazing city, and
even decided to stay. There’s a good chance you’ll be one of them.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">London</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> is the capital city of </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">England</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">United Kingdom</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, the largest </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">metropolitan area</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> in the United Kingdom, and
the largest urban zone in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">European
Union</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> by most measures. Located on the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">River Thames</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, London has been
a major settlement for two millennia, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">its history</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> going back to its
founding by the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Romans</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, who called it </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Londinium</span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">.London's ancient core, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">City of London</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, largely retains its
square-mile </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">medieval</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> boundaries. Since at least
the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed
around this core.The bulk of this </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">conurbation</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> forms the London
and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Greater London</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> administrative area,
governed by the elected </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Mayor of
London</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">London
Assembly</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">.London is a leading </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">global city</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, with strengths
in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare,
media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport
all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's largest financial centre
alongside and has the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">largest city GDP</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> in Europe. It has the most
international visitors of any city in the world and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">London Heathrow</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> is the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">world's busiest airport by number of international
passengers</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">.London's 43 universities form the largest
concentration of higher education in Europe. In </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">2012</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> London will
become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">London
has a diverse range of peoples, cultures and religions and more than 300
languages are spoken within its boundaries. In July 2010 Greater London had an
official population of 7,825,200, making it the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">most populous municipality in the European Union</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">.The </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Greater London Urban Area</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> is the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">second-largest in the EU</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> with a population
of 8,278,251,while London's </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">metropolitan
area</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> is the largest in the EU with an estimated total population of between
12 million and 14 million.London had the largest population of any city in the
world from around 1831 to 1925. London contains four </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">World Heritage Sites</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">: the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Tower of London</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">; </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Kew Gardens</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">; the site comprising the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Palace of Westminster</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Westminster Abbey</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">St Margaret's Church</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">; and the historic
settlement of </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Greenwich</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> (in which the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Royal Observatory</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> marks the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Prime Meridian</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> (0° longitude) and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">GMT</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">).</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Other famous
landmarks include </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Buckingham
Palace</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">London Eye</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Piccadilly Circus</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">30 St Mary Axe (<i>"The Gherkin"</i>)</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">St Paul's Cathedral</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Tower Bridge</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Trafalgar Square</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Wembley Stadium</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">. London is home to numerous
museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions,
including the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">British
Museum</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">National Gallery</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">British Library</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Wimbledon</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and 40 theatres.London's </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Chinatown</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> is the largest in Europe.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Early modern</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">During
the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Tudor period</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Reformation</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> produced a gradual shift to
Protestantism, with much of London passing from church to private ownership </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Mercantilism</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> grew and monopoly trading
companies such as the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">East India
Company</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> were established, with trade expanding to the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">New World</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">. London became the principal
</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">North Sea</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> port, with migrants arriving
from England and abroad. The population rose from an estimated 50,000 in 1530 to about 225,000 in 1605.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">In the
16th century </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">William
Shakespeare</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and his contemporaries lived in London at a time of
hostility to the development of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">theatre</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">. By the end of
the Tudor period in 1603, London was still very compact. There was an
assassination attempt on </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">James I</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> in Westminster,
through the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Gunpowder
Plot</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> on 5 November 1605. London was </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">plagued</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> by disease in the
early 17th century,culminating in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Great Plague</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> of 1665–1666,
which killed up to 100,000 people, or a fifth of the population.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Great Fire of London</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> broke out in 1666 in Pudding Lane in the
city and quickly swept through the wooden buildings.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> Rebuilding took
over ten years . In 1708 </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Christopher
Wren</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">'s masterpiece, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">St Paul's
Cathedral</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> was completed. During the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Georgian era</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> new districts such as </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Mayfair</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> were formed in the west; and
new bridges over the Thames encouraged development in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">South London</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">. In the east, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Port of London</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> expanded downstream.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">In
1762 </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">George III</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> acquired </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Buckingham House</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and it was enlarged over the
next 75 years. During the 18th century, London was dogged by crime and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bow Street Runners</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> were established in 1750 as
a professional police force In total, more than 200 offences were punishable by
death, and women and children were hanged for petty theft. Over 74 per cent of
children born in London died before they were five. The </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">coffeehouse</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> became a popular place to
debate ideas, with growing </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">literacy</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and the
development of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">printing
press</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> making news widely available; and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Fleet Street</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> became the centre
of the British press.</span></div>
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been built over a long period of time. Many grand houses and public buildings,
such as the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">National
Gallery</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, are constructed from </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Portland
stone</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">. Some areas of the city, particularly those just west of the centre,
are characterised by white </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">stucco</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> or whitewashed
buildings. Few structures pre-date the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Great Fire</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> of 1666, except
for a few trace </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Roman</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> remains, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Tower of London</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and a few scattered </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Tudor</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> survivors in the City. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">The Monument</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> in the City of London
provides views of the surrounding area while commemorating the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Great Fire of London</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, which originated
nearby. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Marble Arch</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Wellington Arch</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, at the north and south ends
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Hall</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Kensington</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Nelson's Column</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> is a nationally recognised
monument in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Trafalgar
Square</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, one of the focal points of the city centre. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Buckingham
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> Leisure and entertainment</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Within the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">City of
Westminster</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, the entertainment district of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">West End</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> has its focus around </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Leicester Square</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, where London and world film
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advertisements.London's </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">theatre</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> district is here,
as are many cinemas, bars, clubs and restaurants, including the city's </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Chinatown</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> district (in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Soho</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">), and just to the east is </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Covent Garden</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, an area housing </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">speciality shops</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">. The United Kingdom's </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Royal Ballet</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">English National Ballet</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Royal Opera</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">English National Opera</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> are based in
London and perform at the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Royal Opera
House</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">London
Coliseum</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Sadler's
Wells Theatre</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Royal Albert
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<span lang="EN-US">Built in 1630, Boston is worldwide considered the major centre of
culture, science and education. Not to mention also being the capital and
largest city of the state of Massachusetts, where it is said to be the
economical and political centre of this particular region. Its own unique style
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calm and peaceful, but also very colorful and full of life. From the streets
you can see the brightly colored flowers emerging from flower pots hanging over
the lampposts and smell the sweet delicious scent all over the place. The order
and cleanness of the streets are unbelievable, and we can see how respectful,
tidy and caring the Bostonian population is, since they are responsible for
maintaining such wonderful neatness and its incredible beauty.</span></div>
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mostly characterized by its inimitable style, which mixes the past with the
present. We can see this type of architecture represented everywhere: from
ancient churches and red brick sidewalks to glass towers. In several cases,
architects accomplished to join past and present by placing strategically the
glass buildings next to antique constructions, so we can see the old churches
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diversity of cultures. We can see this characteristic in languages, foods and
philosophies all the way through Boston. What gathers all the foreigners in
this particular town are two of the most famous, prestigious and with best
reputation universities around the world, including Harvard University and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, better known as M.I.T. Both of them are
specialized in sciences, so the city is considered one of the most important
centers in the world of research, electronics, engineering, technology, finance
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Tokyo (<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">東京</span> Tōkyō?, "Eastern
Capital"), English:; officially Tokyo Metropolis (<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">東京都</span> Tōkyō-to?),[3] is one of the 47 prefectures of
Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and
the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese
government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial
Family. Tokyo is located in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the
main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.[4] Tokyo
Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">東京府</span> Tōkyō-fu?) and the city of
Tokyo (<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">東京市</span> Tōkyō-shi?).</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt;">Córdoba is a city located near
the geographical center of Argentina,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt;">in
the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about 700 km northwest of Buenos
Aires.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt;">It is the capital
of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the
federal capital Buenos Aires, with about 1.3 million inhabitants according to
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt;">The city was
founded on 6 July 1573 by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, who named it after Córdoba,
Spain.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt;">Córdoba has many
historical monuments preserved from the times of Spanish colonialism,
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">Athens is the</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"> <span class="hps">capital</span> <span class="hps">of Greece</span> <span class="hps">and currently the</span> <span class="hps">largest city in the</span> <span class="hps">country.</span> <span class="hps">The population</span> <span class="hps">of the municipality</span> <span class="hps">of Athens is</span> <span class="hps">655,780</span>, but <span class="hps">its metropolitan area is</span> <span class="hps">much larger</span> <span class="hps">and includes</span> <span class="hps">a population of 3.8</span> <span class="hps">million.</span> <span class="hps">Is the main center</span> <span class="hps">of economic</span>, cultural <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Greek politics.</span><br />
<span class="hps">The</span> <span class="hps">history of Athens</span> <span class="hps">extends more than</span> <span class="hps">3000 years,</span> <span class="hps">making it</span> <span class="hps">one of the</span> <span class="hps">oldest
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<span class="hps">the classical period</span> <span class="hps">of Greece,</span> <span class="hps">was a powerful</span> <span class="hps">city-state</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">was instrumental</span> <span class="hps">in
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Paris it is the capital of France and of the region of Mauritius. Constituted in the unique commune of the country, it is placed to both margins of a long meander of the river Seine, in the center of the Parisian Cuenca, between the confluence of the river Marne and the Seine, upstream, and the Oise and the Seine, downstream.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The city of Paris inside its narrow administrative limits has a population of 2.193.031 inhabitants.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The city is the most popular tourist destination of the world, with more than 26 million foreign visitors per year. It has got many of the most famous and admired monuments of the orb: the Eiffel Tower, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Avenue of Champs Elysées, the Arch of Victory, the Basilica of Sacré Cœur, the Former -hospital of The Disabled persons, the Pantheon, the Arch of the Defense, the Opera Garnier or Montmartre's neighborhood, among others. Also it(h shelters institutions of world recognition: the Louvre (the most famous and visited museum of the world), Orsay's Museum and the National Museum of Natural History of France.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In 52 B.C. when the Romans take the city, they re-baptize her being calling her Lutecia (Lutetia) and they reconstruct it during the 1st century in the left shore of the river Sécuana (Seine).</span></div>
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Kingston was founded in July 169<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"></sup>2 as a place for refugees and survivors of the 1692 earthquake that destroyed Port Royal. Before the earthquake, Kingston’s functions were purely agricultural. The earthquake survivors set up a refugee camp on the sea front. Approximately two thousand people died due to mosquito-borne diseases. Initially the refugees lived in a tented camp on Colonel Barry's <i>Hog Crawle</i>. The town did not begin to grow until after the further destruction of Port Royal by the Nick Catania Pirate Fleet's fire in 1703. Surveyor John Goffe drew up a plan for the town based on a grid bounded by North, East, West and Harbour Streets. By 1716 it had become the largest town and the centre of trade for Jamaica. The government sold land to people with the regulation that they purchase no more than the amount of the land that they owned in Port Royal, and only land on the sea front. Gradually wealthy merchants began to move their residences from above their businesses to the farm lands north on the plains of Liguanea.<br />
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By the end of the 18th century, the city contained more than 3,000 brick buildings. The harbour fostered trade, and played part in several naval wars of the 18th century. Kingston took over the functions of Spanish Town (the capital at the time). These functions included agriculture, commercial, processing, and a main transportation hub to and from Kingston and other sections of the island.<br />
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Not until the 1960s did major change occur in the development of Kingston’s central business district. The international attention of reggae music at that time coincided with the expansion and development of 95 acres (38 ha) of the Downtown Kingston waterfront area. These developments led to an influx of shops and offices, and the development of a new financial center: New Kingston, which replaced the Knutsford Racetrack. Multi-story buildings and boulevards were placed within that section.<br />
In 1966 Kingston was the host city to the Commonwealth Games.<br />
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The western section of the city was not the focus of development, and that area proved to be politically tense. The 1970s saw deteriorating economic conditions that led to recurrent violence and a decline in tourism which later affected the island.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During the 17th century, Dutch trading posts established for the trade of pelts from the Lenape, Iroquois and other indigenous peoples expanded into the colony of New Netherland. The first of these trading posts were Fort Nassau (1614, near present-day Albany); Fort Orange (1624, on the Hudson River just south of the current city of Albany and created to replace Fort Nassau), developing into settlement Beverwijck (1647), and into what became Albany; Fort Amsterdam (1625, to develop into the town New Amsterdam which is present-day New York City); and Esopus, (1653, now Kingston). The success of the patroonship of Rensselaerswyck (1630), which surrounded Albany and lasted until the mid 19th century, was also a key factor in the early success of the colony. The British captured the colony during the Second Anglo-Dutch War and governed it as the Province of New York.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In an attempt to retain their sovereignty and remain an independent nation positioned between the new United States and British North America, four of the Iroquois nations fought on the side of the British; only the Oneidas and their dependents the Tuscaroras allied themselves to the Americans. The Sullivan Expedition of 1778 and 1779 destroyed nearly 50 Iroquois villages and adjacent croplands, forcing many refugees to British-held Niagara. As allies of the British, the Iroquois were resettled in Canada after the war. In the treaty settlement, the British ceded most Indian lands to the new United States. Because New York made treaty with the Iroquois without getting Congressional approval, some of the land purchases are the subject of modern-day claims by the individual tribes. More than 5 million acres (20,000 km2) of former Iroquois territory was put up for sale in the years after the Revolutionary War, leading to rapid development in upstate New York. As per the Treaty of Paris, the last vestige of British authority in the former Thirteen Colonies—their troops in New York City—departed in 1783, which was long afterwards celebrated as Evacuation Day.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">The<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span><b>music of<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span></b></span><span lang="ES-AR"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-decoration: none;">New York City</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">is a diverse and important field in the world of music. 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The city's culture, a<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span></span><span lang="ES-AR"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-decoration: none;">melting pot</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">of nations from around the world, has produced vital folk music scenes such as<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span></span><span lang="ES-AR"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-decoration: none;">Irish-American music</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">and Jewish<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">klezmer</span>. 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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> Las Vegas</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> <span class="hps">is the</span> <span class="hps">big city in the</span> <span class="hps">state of Nevada in</span> <span class="hps">the United States of</span> <span class="hps">America.</span> <span class="hps">Commonly called</span> <span class="hps">the Entertainment</span> <span class="hps">Capital of the World.</span> <span class="hps">Has become in</span> <span class="hps">one of the major</span> <span class="hps">tourist destinations. The principal activity is the plays in the casinos. </span></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> This city has been the best for the shoppings and tourims.</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> In 2008, the city has had a population of 603,093 persons and the metropolitan area has had a population of approximately 1.9 million.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> The name Las Vegas was taken by the Spanish Antonio Armijo who arrived there while still an old Spanish road from Texas.<br />
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At this time, some low areas of Las Vegas Valley, there were springs that created extensive green areas that contrasted with the desert around them, hence the name "Las Vegas".<br />
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The town was founded in 1905 (it was a stop on the Union Pacific train) but even the 30's remained as a small town.<br />
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In 1931, the play was declared legal and the city began to grow quickly until today.<br />
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Las Vegas was named the center of the gaming and leisure of the United States, with famous guests like Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Liberace.</span></div>Adriana Achillini -http://www.blogger.com/profile/02806555000707273697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369140270079269173.post-91382530465138948822011-10-12T09:30:00.000-07:002011-11-17T13:54:26.121-08:00Barcelona II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> Barcelona is a Spanish city, capital of the homonymous province and autonomous community of Catalonia. With a population of 1,619,337 inhabitants in 2010 is the second most populous city in Spain after Madrid, and eleventh of the European Union. The Barcelona metropolitan area, including Urban Region of Barcelona, has 5,012,961 inhabitants (2010), making it the sixth most populous in the European Union.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> Located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, some 120 km south of the ridge of the Pyrenees and the French border, on a plain bounded by the sea to the east, west Collserola Mountains, the river Llobregat to the south and Besos river north. Having been capital of the County of Barcelona, is often referred to it under the name of Barcelona.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> Barcelona has hosted many world events that helped shape the city and give it international exposure. The most important have been the 1888 Universal Exhibition, the International Exhibition of 1929 Summer Olympic Games 1992 and the Universal Forum of Cultures 2004. It also hosts the secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> Nowadays, Barcelona is recognized as a global city for its cultural, financial, trade and tourism. Has one of the largest ports in the Mediterranean and is also an important communications between Spain and France, due to motorway connections and high-speed train. The Barcelona airport was used by about 30 million passengers in 2010.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt;">Paris (Paris in French, pronounced [pa</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; font-size: 20pt;">ʁ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 20pt;">i] (? · I)) is the capital of France and the Ile de France region. Formed in the only community unidepartamental the country, is situated along both banks of the meandering river Seine in central Paris Basin, between the confluence of the Marne and the Seine river, upstream, and the Oise and the Seine, downstream.<br />
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</span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 20pt;">The city of Paris within its administrative boundaries is a narrow population of 2,193,031 inhabitants (2007). However, during the twentieth century, the Paris metropolitan area expanded beyond the city limits of Paris, and is today the third largest city in Europe, with a population of 11,836,970 inhabitants (2007).<br />
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The Paris region (Ile de France), together with London, the most important economic center of Europe. With 552.7 billion euros (813.4 billion dollars), produced more than a quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of France in 2008. La Défense is the first European business district, houses the headquarters of almost half of large French companies, as well as the headquarters of twenty the 100 largest in the world. Paris also hosts many international organizations such as UNESCO, OECD, International Chamber of Commerce or the Paris Club.<br />
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The city is a popular tourist destination in the world, with more than 26 million foreign visitors per year. It has many of the most famous and admired monuments of the world: the Eiffel Tower, the Cathedral of Notre Dame Avenue the Champs Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe, Sacre Coeur, the former Hospital of the Invalides, the Pantheon, the Arch of Defense, the Opera Garnier and Montmartre district, among others. It also hosts world-renowned institutions: the Louvre (the most famous and visited museum in the world), the Orsay Museum and National Museum of Natural History in France.</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 20pt;">The area of </span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 20pt;"></span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 20pt;">modern Paris has been inhabited since at least the fourth millennium BC C.. Archaeological finds dating from this period show that there was a settlement near Bercy, on the right bank of the Seine, which was an early proponent of Culture Chasse. Among the findings there are canoes. It is believed that a settlement on the present site of Paris was founded about 250 BC by a Celtic tribe called Parisio, who established a fishing village near the river Seine. The Ile de la Cité was traditionally assumed that the location of this settlement, but this theory has recently been questioned. Recent archaeological finds indicate that the Paris region's largest pre-Roman settlement may have been present in the suburb deNanterre. In the eleventh century BC a Celtic people called Parisii, fortified the island of la Cité, which is the heart of the city . In the year 52 a. C. the Romans founded a city on the same site where his village had Parisii and expanding on both banks of the Seine was called Lutetia, Paris is today, a name taken from the early Celtic settlers.</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 20pt;">The city was attacked by the Huns, but according to legend was able to resist thanks to the leadership of St. Genevieve (the patron saint of the city), in 451. Rome lost control of the city at the hands of the Germanic peoples and the Frankish king Clovis I installed it in 508. In the ninth century the Vikings made </span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 20pt;"></span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 20pt;">the city (unsuccessfully besieged in the years 885-886) and then Hugh Capet established it, radical reform. The Seine was the main shopping street of the region, and Paris soon concentrated wine export trade "in France", ie, the Île-de-France. No later than 1121 traders had already organized the Hanse Parisienne, the "Hansa of merchants of water," which won the king's monopoly of trade between the city and Mantes-la-Jolie, a privilege confirmed in 1170 by Louis VII. This privilege was granted to protect competition Parisian merchants of Rouen at a time when the Duke of Normandy was the king of England, but remained after Philip II Augustus seize Normandy in 1204. Thus, the shipping hansa Paris, with its provost and notaries will be the germ of the city council, and the boat that still represented today adorns the arms of Paris. In 1190 Philip II Augustus, built a defensive wall on both sides of river. The city was an important stage in the Hundred Years War.</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 20pt;">At the beginning of this period the city is the center of important socio-cultural transformations. Henry IV and Catherine de Medici, are central characters in this phase. The city was an important Gothic and Renaissance and its population in 1500 was of 185,000 inhabitants, the second in Europe after Constantinople. On August 24, 1572 in the city breaks the massacre of St. Bartholomew, a capital in the episode called Wars of Religion. As the largest city and center of power in France, Paris hosted some of the most important figures of history in this period, thinkers like Voltaire, rulers as Louis XIV and statesmen like Richelieu, Mazarin and Colbert. Additionally, the city and especially the nearby town of Versailles, formed an example of what should be the architecture of a capital. In 1786 began the transfer of human bones from the cemetery of Les Halles, to the quarries excavated in the Gallo-Roman period to 20 feet deep in the foundations of Montparnasse, Montrouge and Montsorius, thus forming the famous catacombs of Paris. In the fortress of the Bastille which was in the east of the city, officially began the movement known as the French Revolution.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">The site of the first<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">British colony</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">in Australia, Sydney was established<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in 1788 at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Sydney Cove</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Arthur Phillip</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">, commodore of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">First Fleet</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">as a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">penal colony</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">. The city is built on hills surrounding<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Port Jackson</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> which is commonly known as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Sydney Opera House</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">and the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Harbour Bridge</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">feature prominently. The hinterland of the metropolitan area is surrounded by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">national parks</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">, and the coastal regions feature many bays, rivers, inlets and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">beaches</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">including the famous<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bondi Beach</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">. 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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">In 2010, Sydney was ranked 7th in Asia and 28th globally for economic innovation in the Innovation Cities Top 100 Index by innovation agency 2thinknow<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Sydney also ranks among the top 10<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">most liveable cities in the world</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">according to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Mercer Human Resource Consulting</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">The Economist</span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">Qatar has the world's largest per capita production and proven reserves of both<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>oil<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>natural gas. In 2010, Qatar had the world's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>highest GDP per capita, while the economy grew by 19.40%, the fastest in the world. The main drivers for this rapid growth are attributed to ongoing increases in production and exports of liquefied natural gas, oil, petrochemicals and related industries. Qatar has the second-highest<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>human development<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Arab World<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>after theUnited Arab Emirates. In 2009, Qatar was the United States’ fifth-largest export market in the Middle East, trailing behind the U.A.E., Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. With a small citizen population of less than 300,000 people, Qatar relies heavily on foreign citizens, both for its protection and generating labour demand. Qatar has attracted an estimated $100 billion in investment, with approximately $60–70 billion coming from the U.S in the energy sector. It is estimated that Qatar will invest over $120 billion in the energy sector in the next ten years. </span></span></div>Adriana Achillini -http://www.blogger.com/profile/02806555000707273697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369140270079269173.post-72694228319295296742011-10-12T07:56:00.000-07:002011-11-17T14:06:08.409-08:00Rio du Janeiro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Europeans first encounter Guanabara Bay on January 1, 1502 (hence Rio du Janeiro, "January River"), by a Portuguese expedition under explorer Gaspar de Lemos captain of a ship in Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet, or under Gonçalo Coelho.[19] Allegedly the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci participated as observer at the invitation of King Manuel I in the same expedition. The region of Rio was inhabited by the Tupi, Puri, Botocudo and Maxakalí peoples.[20]</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The city of Rio de Janeiro proper was founded by the Portuguese on March 1, 1565 and was named São Sebastião do Rio du Janeiro, in honor of St. Sebastian, the saint who was the patron of the then Portuguese Monarch D. Sebastião. Rio de Janeiro was the name of Guanabara Bay. Until early in the 18th century, the city was threatened or invaded by several, mostly French, pirates and buccaneers, such as Jean-François Duclerc and René Duguay-Trouin.[21]</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">In the late 17th century, still during the Sugar Era, the Bandeirantes found gold and diamonds in the neighboring captaincy of Minas Gerais, thus Rio de Janeiro became a much more practical port for exporting wealth (gold, precious stones, besides the sugar) than Salvador, Bahia, which is much farther to the northeast. And so in 1763, the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. The city remained primarily a colonial capital until 1808, when the Portuguese royal family and most of the associated Lisbon nobles, fleeing from Napoleon's invasion of Portugal, moved to Rio du Janeiro. The kingdom's capital was transferred to the city, which, thus, became the only European capital outside of Europe. As there was no physical space or urban structure to accommodate hundreds of noblemen who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes. There was a large influx of African slaves to Rio de Janeiro: in 1819, there were 145,000 slaves in the captaincy. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1840, the number of slaves reached 220,000 people.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">When Prince Pedro I proclaimed the independence of Brazil in 1822, he decided to keep Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire. Rio continued as the capital of Brazil after 1889, when the monarchy was replaced by a republic. Until the early years of the 20th century, the city was largely limited to the neighborhood now known as the historic Downtown business district (see below), on the mouth of Guanabara Bay. The city's center of gravity began to shift south and west to the so-called Zona Sul (South Zone) in the early part of the 20th century, when the first tunnel was built under the mountains located between Botafogo and the neighborhood now known as Copacabana. Expansion of the city to the north and south was facilitated by the consolidation and electrification of Rio's streetcar transit system after 1905.[24] Botafogo's natural beauty, combined with the fame of the Copacabana Palace Hotel, the luxury hotel of the Americas in the 1930s, helped Rio to gain the reputation it still holds today as a beach party town (though, this reputation has been somewhat tarnished in recent years by favela violence resulting from the narcotics trade. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The city hosted the 2007 Pan American Games and will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup final. It was announced on October 2, 2009, that Rio would host the 2016 Olympic Games, beating the finalist competitors Chicago, Tokyo, and Madrid. The city will become the first South American city to host the event and the second Latin American city (after Mexico City in 1968) to host the Games.</span></div>Adriana Achillini -http://www.blogger.com/profile/02806555000707273697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369140270079269173.post-88424725068084628862011-10-12T07:35:00.000-07:002011-11-17T14:10:55.837-08:00San Fransisco<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<b>San Francisco</b> officially the <b>City and County of San Francisco</b>, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"></sup> The only consolidated city-county in California,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CityCounty_11-0"></sup> it encompasses a land area of about 46.9 square miles (121 km<sup>2</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#cite_note-12"></a></sup> on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of about 17,179 people per square mile (6,632 people per km<sup>2</sup>). It is the most densely settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States after New York City.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SF_Population_Density_13-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#cite_note-SF_Population_Density-13"></a></sup> San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 13th most populous city in the United States, with a population of 805,235 as of the 2010 Census</div>
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In 1776, colonists from Spain established a fort at the Golden Gate and a mission named for Francis of Assisi on the site.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DeAnza-Moraga-Palou_15-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#cite_note-DeAnza-Moraga-Palou-15"></a></sup> The California Gold Rush of 1849 propelled the city into a period of rapid growth, increasing the population in one year from 1,000 to 25,000,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1949pop_16-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#cite_note-1949pop-16"></a></sup> and thus transforming it into the largest city on the West Coast at the time. After three-quarters of the city was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Montagne_17-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#cite_note-Montagne-17"></a></sup> San Francisco was quickly rebuilt, hosting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition nine years later. During World War II, San Francisco was the port of embarkation for service members shipping out to the Pacific Theater.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-WWII_18-0"></sup> After the war, the confluence of returning servicemen, massive immigration, liberalizing attitudes, and other factors led to the Summer of Love and the gay rights movement, cementing San Francisco as a center of liberal activism in the United States.</div>
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Today, San Francisco is one of the top tourist destinations in the world,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TravelandTourism_19-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#cite_note-TravelandTourism-19"></a></sup> ranking 33rd out of the 100 most visited cities worldwide,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-euromonitor.com_20-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#cite_note-euromonitor.com-20"></a></sup> and is renowned for its chilly summer fog, steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of architecture, and its famous landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and Chinatown. The city is also a principal banking and finance center, and the home to more than 30 international financial institutions,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CityData.com_21-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco#cite_note-CityData.com-21"></a></sup> helping to make San Francisco rank eighteenth in the world's top producing cities, ninth in the United States, and thirteenth place in the top twenty global financial centers.</div>Adriana Achillini -http://www.blogger.com/profile/02806555000707273697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369140270079269173.post-69163777730446078382011-10-12T06:50:00.000-07:002011-11-17T14:14:04.117-08:00Orlando<div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% whitesmoke; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">
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<span class="ecxhps">The city is</span> <span class="ecxhps">mainly known</span> <span class="ecxhps">for its hotels</span> <span class="ecxhps">and tourist attractions,</span> <span class="ecxhps">particularly the</span> <span class="ecxhps">Nick</span> <span class="ecxhps">Hotel</span>, owned <span class="ecxhps">television channel</span> <span class="ecxhps">Nickelodeon</span> <span class="ecxhps">children and youth</span> <span class="ecxhps">and</span> <span class="ecxhps">Tourism of the</span> <span class="ecxhps">same</span> <span class="ecxhps">chain</span>, Nickelodeon <span class="ecxhps">Suites</span> <span class="ecxhps">Resort,</span> <span class="ecxhps">and also</span> <span class="ecxhps">the Walt</span> <span class="ecxhps">Disney</span> <span class="ecxhps">World</span> <span class="ecxhps">Resort.</span> <span class="ecxhps">Other attractions include</span> <span class="ecxhps">SeaWorld</span> <span class="ecxhps">and</span> <span class="ecxhps">Universal</span> <span class="ecxhps">Orlando</span> <span class="ecxhps">Resort.</span> <span class="ecxhps">The center of the</span> <span class="ecxhps">city of</span> <span class="ecxhps">Orlando</span>, better known as <span class="ecxhps">Downtown</span> <span class="ecxhps">Orlando</span> <span class="ecxhps">has</span> <span class="ecxhps">undergone</span> <span class="ecxhps">continuous restructuring</span>, <span class="ecxhps">despite being</span> <span class="ecxhps">far from the main</span> <span class="ecxhps">tourist attractions.</span> <span class="ecxhps">It is home to</span> <span class="ecxhps">Orlando</span> <span class="ecxhps">Sentinel,</span> <span class="ecxhps">one of the</span> <span class="ecxhps">largest newspapers</span> <span class="ecxhps">in the state,</span> <span class="ecxhps">and the</span> <span class="ecxhps">Orlando</span> <span class="ecxhps">Magic</span> <span class="ecxhps">professional basketball</span> <span class="ecxhps">team</span> <span class="ecxhps">in the NBA.</span></span></span></div>Adriana Achillini -http://www.blogger.com/profile/02806555000707273697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369140270079269173.post-12981353142153899702011-10-12T06:37:00.000-07:002011-11-17T14:16:56.625-08:00Miami<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Miami is a city located in southeastern Florida on the Miami River, between Enverglades and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade U.S.. It was founded on July 28, 1896 and 2009 census has a population of 433,136, the metropolitan area encompasses more than 5.4 million inhabitants, making it the seventh largest in the United States. The United Nations has estimated that in 2008, Miami became the fourth largest urbanized area in the country, behind Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Miami is considered a global city of importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts and international trade. The city is home to many company headquarters, banks and television studios. It is also international center for popular entertainment in television, music, fashion, film and performing arts. The Port of Miami is considered the port that has the largest volume of cruise ships in the world and is home also to several cruise line companies. In addition, the city has the largest concentration of international banks in the United States.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2008, the city was awarded the title "cleanest city in America" by Forbes magazine for his years working on air quality, green spaces, its clean drinking water and roads, and various recycling programs. That same year, Miami was ranked the third richest city in the U.S. and twenty-second in the world, according to a study by UBS AG.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14pt;"> <b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Salvador</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">; historic name: </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cidade de São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, in English: "City of the Holy Saviour of the Bay of all Saints" is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state Bahia. Salvador is also known as </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brazil's capital of happiness</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first colonial capital of Brazil, the city is one of the oldest in the country and in the New World. For a long time, it was simply known as </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bahia</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, and appears under that name (or as </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Salvador da Bahia</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Salvador of Bahia</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> so as to differentiate it from other Brazilian cities of the same name) on many maps and books from before the mid-20th century. Salvador is the third most populous Brazilian city, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The city of Salvador is notable in Brazil for its cuisine, music and architecture, and its metropolitan area is the wealthiest in Brazil's Northeast. The African influence in many cultural aspects of the city makes it the center of Afro-Brazilian culture and this reflects in turn a curious situation in which African-associated cultural practices are celebrated. The historical center of Salvador, frequently called the Pelourinho, is renowned for its Portuguese colonial architecture with historical monuments dating from the 17th through the 19th centuries and has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Salvador is located on a small, roughly triangular peninsula that separates Todos os Santos Bay from the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, which gets its name from having been discovered on All Saints’ Day forms a natural harbor. Salvador is a major export port, lying at the heart of the </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recôncavo Baiano</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, a rich agricultural and industrial region encompassing the northern portion of coastal Bahia.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> A particularly notable feature is the escarpment that divides Salvador into the </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cidade Alta</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ("Upper Town" - rest of the city) and the </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cidade Baixa</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ("Lower Town" - northwest region of the city), the former some 85 m (279 ft) above the latter, with the city's cathedral and most administrative buildings standing on the higher ground. An elevator (the first installed in Brazil), known as </span><i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Elevador Lacerda</i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">, has connected the two sections since 1873, having since undergone several upgrades.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Bahia de Todos os Santos was first encountered and named by the Portugese Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500. In 1501, one year after the arrival of Cabral´s fleet in Porto Seguro, Gaspar de Lemos arrived at Todos os Santos Bay and sailed most of the Bahia coast. But the first European man to disembark on “Morro de Sao Paulo”, was Martim Afonso de Sousa, in 1531.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="en" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span title="El cairo es la capital de Egipto y de su gobernación.">Cairo is the capital of Egypt and its governance. </span></span></b></span><span title="Es la mayor ciudad del mundo árabe y de África, y los egipcios la denominan a menudo sencillamente con el nombre del país, pronunciado en árabe culto Misr y dialecto egipcio Masr."><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>It is the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>the Egyptians often called simply the name of the country, delivered in Arabic and Egyptian dialect cult Misr Masr.</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="Su área metropolitana incluye una población de unos 24 285 000 habitantes, convirtiendo a El Cairo en la decimotercera urbe más poblada del mundo.">Its metropolitan area includes a population of 24,285,000 inhabitants, making Cairo in the thirteenth most populous city. </span><span title="Es, también, el área metropolitana más poblada de todo el continente africano.">It is also the most populous metropolitan area across the African continent. </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="Es conocida por los egipcios como la "madre de todas ciudades" y la "ciudad de los mil minaretes".">It is known to Egyptians as the "mother of all cities" and the "city of a thousand minarets."</span><span title="Fue fundada en el año 116 a.">Founded in the year 116 a. </span><span title="C., en lo que hoy en día se conoce como Viejo Cairo, cuando los romanos reconstruyeron una antigua fortaleza persa junto al río Nilo. Antes de su fundación, Menfis u otras ciudades eran la capital del imperio faraónico.">C., in what is known today as Old Cairo, when the Romans rebuilt an old Persian fortress along the Nile before its founding, Memphis and other cities were the capital of the pharaohs. </span><span title="El nombre actual se debe a los fatimíes, que bautizaron la ciudad con el nombre, Al-Qahira.">The current name is due to the Fatimids, who named the city with the name, Al-Qahira. </span></b></span></span><span title="Tras diversas invasiones como la de los mamelucos, otomanos, Napoleón y los británicos, El Cairo se convirtió en capital soberana en 1952."><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>After several invasions like the Mamluks, Ottomans, Napoleon and the British, Cairo became sovereign capital in 1952.<br />
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</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="El nuevo edificio de la Ópera de El Cairo.">The new opera house in Cairo.</span><span title="Cuenta con numerosas universidades, teatros, monumentos y museos: el más importante es el Museo Egipcio, situado en la plaza Tahrir y que alberga la mayor colección del mundo de objetos del antiguo Egipto.">It has numerous universities, theaters, monuments and museums: the most important is the Egyptian Museum, located in Tahrir Square and houses the world's largest collection of objects from Ancient Egypt. </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="Actualmente se está planteando su traslado a un edificio mayor, erigido en la zona de Guiza.">Currently is considering moving to a larger building, erected in the Giza area.</span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="en" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="Actualmente se está planteando su traslado a un edificio mayor, erigido en la zona de Guiza."><br />
</span><span title="El epicentro de la vida cultural cairota se encuentra en el Centro Cultural Nacional, un complejo de edificios culturales dedicados al teatro, danza, ópera y música, situado en la isla de Gezira.">The epicenter of cultural life in Cairo is located in the National Cultural Center, a complex of cultural buildings devoted to theater, dance, opera and music, located on the island of Gezira. </span><span title="En este centro destaca La Ópera de El Cairo, inaugurada en 1988 por el presidente Hosni Mubarak y que albergó un concierto de la Orquesta Filarmónica Real londinense en enero de 2007 en su primera actuación en Oriente Medio y África.">In the center stands the Cairo Opera House, inaugurated in 1988 by President Hosni Mubarak and hosted a concert by the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in January 2007 in his first appearance in the Middle East and Africa. </span><span title="La música clásica suele ser la predominante en la Ópera de la ciudad, aunque también es fácil disfrutar de música clásica árabe, aunque ésta goza de mayor difusión en el Instituto de Música Árabe, localizado en Ramsis Street.">Classical music is usually predominant in the city's Opera House, although it is easy to enjoy classical Arabic, although it has more widely in the Arabic Music Institute, located in Ramsis Street. </span><span title="Una cita obligada para la música en la ciudad es el Festival de Música Árabe, que se celebra a principios del mes de noviembre en la Ópera de El Cairo.">A must for music in the city is the Arabic Music Festival, held in early November at the Cairo Opera House. </span><span title="En dicho complejo cultural se dan otros seis teatros y auditorios.">In this cultural complex are six theaters and auditoriums. </span></b></span></span><span title="La actual Ópera sustituyó a la Ópera Khedivial, o también conocida como la Ópera Real, edificio que se levantó en 1869 y que se mantuvo activo hasta 1971."><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>The current Opera Opera Khedivial replaced, or also known as the Royal Opera House, a building that was built in 1869 and remained active until 1971.</b></span></span><span title="el cairo"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Cairo<br />
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</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="El Museo Egipcio de El Cairo, recoge la mayor colección del mundo sobre el Antiguo Egipto, con más de 120.000 objetos.">The Egyptian Museum of Cairo, contains the largest collection in the world on ancient Egypt, with more than 120,000 objects.</span><span title="Su historia comienza en 1798, debido a la expectación que levantó en Europa la expedición de Napoleón: durante el siglo XIX agentes de los cónsules europeos, como Drovetti o Belzoni buscaron y sacaron del país todo tipo de reliquias, hasta que en 1835 se creó el">His story begins in 1798, due to the expectation that arose in Europe the issue of Napoleon in the nineteenth century the European consuls agents, such as Belzoni Drovetti or out of the country searched and all sorts of relics, until in 1835 he created the </span><span title="Servicio de Antigüedades de Egipto para proteger los monumentos y tesoros de la expoliación.">Egyptian Antiquities Service to protect the monuments and treasures of the plunder. </span><span title="Todas las piezas encontradas se fueron depositando primero en un edificio de la Azbaia y luego en La Ciudadela de Saladino.">All the pieces found were deposited first in a building and then Azbaia Citadel of Saladin. </span></b></span></span><span title="Desgraciadamente, esta primera colección fue entregada al duque Maximiliano de Austria por Abbas Pasha."><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Unfortunately, this first collection was given to Duke Maximilian of Austria for Abbas Pasha.</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="En 1858 se abrió un nuevo museo en Boulaq, parte de cuya colección se perdió en una de las crecidas del Nilo. En 1878 los objetos salvados se trasladaron al Palacio de Ismail Pasha en Guiza.">In 1858 he opened a new museum in Boulaq, part of whose collection was lost in a flood of the Nile in 1878 saved the objects moved to the Palace of Ismail Pasha in Giza.</span><span title="En 1897 el arquitecto francés Marcel Dourgnon comenzó a edificar la actual sede, situada en la plaza Tahir.">In 1897 the French architect Marcel Dourgnon began to build the current headquarters, located in Tahrir Square. </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="El museo se inauguró el 15 de noviembre de 1902, y experimentó un gran crecimiento a partir de 1922, con el descubrimiento de la tumba de Tutankamón por parte de Howard Carter.">The museum was inaugurated on November 15, 1902, and experienced tremendous growth since 1922, with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter.</span><span title="Actualmente se está construyendo el Gran Museo Egipcio en Guiza, un complejo cultural de 50 hectáreas que contendrá más de 150 mil piezas.">Is currently building the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza, a 50-hectare cultural complex that contains more than 150 thousand pieces. </span><span title="Cuando se inaugure, está previsto que el actual de la plaza Tahir quede como centro cultural.">When it opens, it is expected that the current Tahir Square remains a cultural center. </span></b></span></span><span title="El gobierno egipcio tiene también prevista la apertura de otro museo en la zona de Al-Fustat, el Museo de las Civilizaciones Egipcias, con 50.000 piezas procedentes de las distintas culturas que se han sucedido en Egipto: faraónica, grecorromana, cristiana y musulmana."><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>The Egyptian government also has plans to open another museum in the area of Al-Fustat, the Museum of Egyptian Civilization, with 50,000 pieces from the different cultures that have happened in Egypt: Pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Christian and Muslim.<br />
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</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="Mezquita-Madraza del Sultán Hasán.">Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan.</span><span title="La ciudad de El Cairo recibió más de nueve millones de turistas en 2006.">The city of Cairo was more than nine million tourists in 2006. </span><span title="Varias de las principales atracciones de la ciudad se aglomeran en el denominado centro histórico, Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco.">Several of the main attractions cluster in the so-called historic center a World Heritage Site by Unesco. </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="Sin embargo, hay otros puntos fundamentales del turismo cairota que no están situados en su centro histórico.">However, there are other fundamental points of tourism Cairo that are not located in the historic center.</span><span title="Evidentemente, el reclamo de la ciudad y del país son las Pirámides de Guiza, situadas a unos veinte kilómetros al suroeste de la capital.">Obviously, the claim of the city and country are the Pyramids of Giza, located about twenty kilometers southwest of the capital. </span><span title="La Gran Pirámide de Keops es considerada como una de las Siete Maravillas del Mundo Antiguo y la única que permanece aún en pie.">The Great Pyramid of Cheops is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one which is still standing. </span><span title="Su misión fue acoger el sarcófago del faraón Keops y se estima que para su construcción se emplearon cerca de 2,5 millones de bloques de piedra caliza.">His mission was to host the sarcophagus of the Pharaoh Khufu and is estimated for its construction were used about 2.5 million blocks of limestone. </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span title="Algo más alejadas de las vecinas pirámides de las reinas se encuentran las dos grandes pirámides de Kefrén y Micerinos.">Somewhat further away from neighboring queens pyramids are the great pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure.</span><span title="La puerta sur de Bab Zuwayla, situada en el Cairo Islámico, es el último resquicio que perdura de la ciudad fatimí de Al-Qāhira.">The south gate of Bab Zuwayla, located in Islamic Cairo is the last bit that remains of the Fatimid city of Al-Qahira. </span><span title="En sus orígenes, los mamelucos hacían aquí públicas sus ejecuciones mortales, pero a partir del siglo XIX el lugar fue elegido por el santo Mitwalli para la realización de sus milagros.">Originally, the Mamluks made public their performances here mortal, but from the nineteenth century the site was chosen by the holy Mitwalli to perform miracles. </span><span title="Hoy en día, la población y los turistas clavan en la puerta un mechón de pelo o un trozo de sus prendas con la finalidad de ver cumplidos sus ruegos.">Today, the population and tourists stuck into the door lock of hair or a piece of their clothing in order to see the fulfillment of their prayers. </span><span title="También en el Cairo Islámico se encuentra Bayn al-Qasryn, la que era principal plaza pública de la ciudad en el Medievo.">Also in Islamic Cairo is al-Qasryn Bayn, which was the main public square in the city in the Middle Ages. </span><span style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="En ella se erigen varios palacios mamelucos, destacando el Mausoleo y Madraza de Qalaun, cuyo origen se remonta a 1279.">It erected several palaces Mamluks, highlighting the Qalawun Mausoleum and Madrasa, which dates back to 1279.</span></b></span></span></span>Adriana Achillini -http://www.blogger.com/profile/02806555000707273697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369140270079269173.post-49718611527526210642011-10-10T09:01:00.000-07:002011-11-17T14:27:16.811-08:00Bilbao<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The town of Bilbao (Bilbo also in Euskara) is a Spanish town and municipality located in the northern capital of the province of Vizcaya province in the autonomous community of Basque Country. With 355,731 inhabitants according to the census of 2009, is the most populated city in the autonomous community of Spain and the tenth being the head of the metropolitan area of </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Bilbao, a conurbation of over 900,000 inhabitants that stretches along the estuary Nervión Bilbao.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Its main town is surrounded by two mountain ranges with an average altitude not exceeding 400 meters. These chains are some of the natural limits of the municipality. The neighboring municipalities are major Sondica, Zamudio, Basauri and Baracaldo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Since its founding in the early fourteenth century, was a trading center which enjoyed particular importance in the Cantabrian coast with its port activity was mainly based on the export of wool from Castile and to a lesser extent the iron extracted from the quarries Vizcaya. Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw a heavy industrialization that became the epicenter of the second industrial region of Spain, behind Barcelona. This was accompanied by an extraordinary and urban population explosion that led to the annexation of several neighboring municipalities. It is now a thriving city of services, 9 which is in the process of revitalizing aesthetic, social and economic, led by the iconic Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On May 19, 2010 the city of Bilbao was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Award World City Prize, awarded by the city state of Singapore, in collaboration with the Swedish Nobel Academy. Considered the Nobel of urbanism, was awarded on June 29, 2010.</span></div>Adriana Achillini -http://www.blogger.com/profile/02806555000707273697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369140270079269173.post-31109501805468612172011-10-10T08:42:00.000-07:002011-10-10T08:42:54.351-07:00Venice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjol0e-SeAmtPMU8yKeouYhyJtMJqSlQLbplgRmwrwn7ECJ7SMfU_yvTgy6xk6Xi5v0ZCB6je2D3ZrFLzT1VgvfPyG5fqwLFikSCkz1PNiIBa0QhRpaEDuR9ZVkfzVWJW_Et9tXPxlKmgaO/s1600/4%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjol0e-SeAmtPMU8yKeouYhyJtMJqSlQLbplgRmwrwn7ECJ7SMfU_yvTgy6xk6Xi5v0ZCB6je2D3ZrFLzT1VgvfPyG5fqwLFikSCkz1PNiIBa0QhRpaEDuR9ZVkfzVWJW_Et9tXPxlKmgaO/s320/4%255B1%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Together with <span style="color: black;">Padua</span> and <span style="color: black;">Treviso</span>, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) (population 1,600,000).</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century B.C.The city historically was the capital of the Venetian Republic. Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals". Luigi Barzini described it in The New York Times as "undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man.Venice has also been described by the Times Online as being one of Europe's most romantic cities.</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy05oJF7rsjTER4Jm9Ipum-PWOgXoPjGAnfodx5fYUem4_rOMVRABFH3GV7VuhpoesXPhcHgFwR4WhiISRRZw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
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important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">by the rivers</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Spree</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">and Havel.</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">With a population of</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">3.4 million</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">inhabitants,</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Berlin is the</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">most populous</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">city</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">and the</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">conurbation</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">fifth</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">among</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">European</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! 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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Founded</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">in 1237</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">as</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Cölln</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, Berlin</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">was successively the</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">capital of the Kingdom</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps ecxatn" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">of Prussia (</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">1701-1918</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">),</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">the German Empire</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">(1871-1918)</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, the</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Weimar Republic</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">(1919-1933)</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">and Third</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">(1933-1945).</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">After the Second</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">World War the</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! 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important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">of East Germany,</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">while the region</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">became an</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">enclave</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">of Germany in</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">West Germany.</span><br style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/normal arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">It is</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">one</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">of the most</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">influential</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">in the political arena</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">of the European Union</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">and in 2006</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">was chosen</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">by UNESCO</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Creative City</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">.</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In 2009 </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span class="ecxhps" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; font: 16px arial,sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">the town received the</span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! 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<span lang="EN-GB">Yerevan</span><span lang="EN-GB"> is the capital of Armenia, and the largest city. It’s on the cost of the river Hrazdan, was funded in 782 B.C. (before Christ) on the eastern edge of the plain of Mount Ararat. It’s turn into one of the biggest in the region, home of the most important cultural associations. It has its own University Academy of Sciences, the National Museum and a lot of public libraries.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> In the city there are the ruins of a fortress Urartians of about 3000 years ago. Other important buildings are the Cathedral, the Old Market and Yerevan Opera.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yerevan</span><span lang="EN-GB"> is accredited by a trail of the king Urartu Argishti I.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It’s one of the oldest cities in the world.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yerevan</span><span lang="EN-GB"> is the name used since the second Century under the rule of the Persians.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In Turkish-Persians wars, the city changed hands fourteen times between 1513 and 1737. In 1604 under the command of Abbas the Great thousands of Armenians were deported to Persia.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On June 7<sup>th</sup>, 1679, a devastating earthquake hit the city. In 1918 after the First World War was declared capital of the new Democratic Republic of Armenia. That same year, Yerevan faced the treat of Ottoman Turkish forces, who came up to 7 Km from the city. Only the signature of the treaty of Batum could save the capital of Armenia.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">On December 4<sup>th</sup>, 1920 was occupied by Red Army troops who dissolved the Republic. On February 16<sup>th</sup>, 1921, an insurrection broke out anti-soviet in the city that can’t be suppressed until April 2<sup>nd</sup>. Yerevan remained the capital of Armenia this time under the guise of Soviet Socialist or Soviet Union. During this period transformed the city into a modern industrial metropolis. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Following the dismantling of the Soviet Union Yerevan became the capital of the Republic of Armenia on September 21<sup>st</sup> 1991. </span></div>
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