There were few Indian rulers as passionate about architecture as Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur.
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Madrid is the political, economic, and cultural center of Spain.
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Flood water continues receding from Thailand’s historic city of Ayutthaya in December 2011 and January 2012.
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The Mongolian capital is spreading outward as migrants from the countryside fill neighborhoods on the fringes of the city.
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Planned at the end of the sixteenth century and built during the seventeenth, Amsterdam has inspired generations of city planners.
Québec City is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Americas, and the one that still feels closest to its roots.
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Nearly 10 percent of Brazil’s population lives in São Paulo, which ranks as the tenth largest city in the world.
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