Seville: The City That Sent Ships to the New World
For nearly two centuries after Columbus’s voyages, Seville held an official Spanish crown monopoly on trade with the Americas, every ship carrying…
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Lisbon: A City Rebuilt After the Earthquake That Changed Philosophy
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, followed by a devastating tsunami and fires that burned for days, killed tens of thousands of people and…
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Riga: The Baltic’s Largest Collection of Art Nouveau Architecture
Riga holds one of the largest and best-preserved collections of Art Nouveau architecture anywhere in the world, an estimated third of the…
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Tallinn: A Medieval Old Town That Survived Soviet Rule Almost Untouched
Tallinn’s Old Town is one of the best-preserved medieval city centres in Northern Europe, its Hanseatic League-era merchant houses, city walls, and…
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Helsinki: A Capital Built to Impress an Empire It Later Left
Much of central Helsinki’s grand neoclassical architecture, including its striking white cathedral overlooking Senate Square, was built during the 19th century while…
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Stockholm: A Capital Spread Across Fourteen Islands
Stockholm is built across fourteen islands connected by roughly 57 bridges, its position where Lake Malaren meets the Baltic Sea giving the…
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Vilnius: A Baroque Old Town Larger Than It First Appears
Vilnius holds one of the largest surviving Baroque old towns in Central and Eastern Europe, its historic centre, recognised as a UNESCO…
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Cape Town: A City Where Two Oceans Meet a Single Mountain
Cape Town sits at the meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, close to the Cape of Good Hope, a headland…
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Madagascar: An Island That Split From Africa 160 Million Years Ago
Madagascar separated from the African mainland roughly 160 million years ago and later from India around 90 million years ago, an isolation…
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Mykonos: A Windmill Island That Became Greece’s Most Famous Party
Mykonos’s iconic windmills, perched along the hillside above its harbour, were built by Venetian settlers in the 16th century and used for…
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Key West: The Southernmost Point Built on a Coral Reef
Key West sits closer to Havana, Cuba, roughly 145 kilometres away, than it does to Miami, and the island itself is built…
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The US Capitol: A Building Constructed With Enslaved Labour, Still Under Construction
The United States Capitol’s construction, beginning in 1793, relied substantially on enslaved labourers, hired out by their owners to work alongside free…
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