Asuncion: One of the Oldest Cities in South America, Named for a Feast Day
Asuncion was founded by Spanish conquistadors in 1537 on the Feast of the Assumption, from which the city takes its name, making…
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Montevideo: A Capital Where a Third of the Country’s Population Actually Lives
Montevideo is home to roughly a third of Uruguay’s entire population, an unusually high concentration for a national capital, reflecting Uruguay’s status…
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Santiago: A Capital That Sits Directly Beneath the Andes
Santiago sits in a valley flanked directly by the Andes Mountains to the east, close enough that on clear days snow-capped peaks…
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Gothenburg: A Dutch-Designed Port That Became Sweden’s Working City
Gothenburg was founded in 1621 by Swedish King Gustav II Adolf, who deliberately brought in Dutch engineers and city planners to design…
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Guadalajara: The Birthplace of Mariachi and Tequila Alike
Guadalajara is widely regarded as the birthplace of mariachi music, a tradition believed to have developed in the surrounding Jalisco region during…
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Cozumel’s Mayan Ruins: A Sacred Island Once Reserved for Pilgrimage
Cozumel held deep religious significance for the ancient Maya, who considered it sacred to Ixchel, the goddess of fertility, the moon, and…
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Managua: A Capital Rebuilt Repeatedly by Its Own Restless Ground
Managua has been substantially destroyed by earthquakes on multiple occasions, most devastatingly in 1972, when a major quake killed thousands and destroyed…
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Nuuk: The World’s Smallest Capital City, Surrounded by the World’s Largest Island
Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, has a population of under 20,000, making it, by most measures, the smallest capital city in the world relative…
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Cyprus: An Island Still Divided, Still Claimed as Aphrodite’s Birthplace
Cyprus remains one of the few places in the world with a physically divided capital, Nicosia has been split since 1974 by…
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San Marino: The World’s Oldest Surviving Republic, Founded by a Stonemason
San Marino claims to be the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world, founded, according to tradition, in 301…
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Gibraltar: A British Outpost Guarded by Barbary Macaques and a Legend
Gibraltar has been under British control since 1713, ceded by Spain under the Treaty of Utrecht following the War of the Spanish…
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Malta: A Fortress Island Awarded a Medal for Surviving a War
Malta’s entire population was collectively awarded the George Cross, Britain’s highest civilian honour for bravery, in 1942, in recognition of the island’s…
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