An extensive city of 1,485 km² that exceeds its administrative limits: Mexico City has been consolidated as one of the most important financial and cultural centers of the entire American continent. For a long time considered as the largest city in the world, now has a more than deserved 3rd place according to the UN,
A great Australian city, for a long period of time was the third in population (today the fifth) since its most attractive magnet was having the doors open to everyone. Its urban image is, even within the Australian cities, an example of tolerance and respect for natural means. It is the capital of South Australia and
Seoul is in the center of the Korean peninsula and throughout its history it has been the capital of this nation now divided into two States. A few kilometers away from the communist (or pseudo-communist) North Korea stands this metropolis of 10 million inhabitants, the fourth in terms of accumulated wealth, and of course, the
It is the third largest city in France by population, since the Greater Lyon has more than 1.3 million inhabitants although its urban center is the one of a medium city, but as we will see, the case of Lyon makes it a unique city, and, with the exception of Paris, it is the main
Seattle has always been considered a perfect intersection between culture, fun and extravagance, and proof of this is that it is currently the largest artistic reference in the Northwest of the United States, both for its musical DNA (Nirvana, Pearl Jam) as well as for its exhibitions, urban art and more varied museums: American Indians
Knowing Lima is to know the City of Kings, as it was known at the time of the Viceroyalty of Peru when it was the largest city in South America, but to understand how this city works we have to go back to “Limaq” which was the Pre-Columbian term of this city and the word
After centuries and centuries of history the fate of the Balkan disintegration wanted the city of Ljubljana eventually should become another European capital. And not just any capital. This small town on the banks of the Alps did not suffered completely the ethnic conflict of the Yugoslav disintegration and could benefit from the launch of
It is colloquially known as Pondy and it is a unique urban gem in this part of Asia. Despite its small size, Puducherry was the largest French colony in India. This city has a great story for its commercial and military importance in the past, and the Gallic influence is present throughout the city, especially
When China opened up to capitalism and foreign investment in the late 70’s by the hand of Deng Xiaoping, it was decided to start with a small fishing village near Hong Kong, named Shenzhen. Since then this town of 30,000 people passed within a few decades to become an industrial and financial megacity with a
It is an alternative, avant-garde, trendy British city, and no: it is not London. We have to move several kilometers and go to the west coast of southern England to meet with this textbook example of sustainability and coherence. Because creating an image of city must have several factors in Bristol we have a unique
