Pre-Columbian time The pre-Columbian architecture in Mexico is part of a Mesoamerican cultural area that stretched from Rio Panuco – Rio Lerma – Rio Sinalo in Mexico in the north to Rio Ulua in Honduras and Rio Jiboia in El Salvador in the south, which encompasses much of today’s Mexico.. Mesoamerican culture was characterized by […]
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Mexico is a great country with a long history and one of the world’s oldest civilizations. The country is elongated and has a great variety of climates. It encompasses everything from high mountains, volcanoes and desert, to Caribbean beaches and tropical rainforests. In the country both cereals such as corn, wheat, many kinds of vegetables […]
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Madison Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, USA; 233,200 residents (2010). The town is located between Lakes Mendota and Monona in the southern part of the state; the area was declared a capital in 1836. Madison is characterized by the state administration, colleges and research institutions; Among other things, University of Wisconsin (1849) with 46,000 students […]
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Cheyenne Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming, USA; 59,500 residents (2010), 1900 masl Close by is the rocket base Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, which with its many employees and associated service functions has become a kind of “city within the city”. As a tourist destination, Cheyenne is known for the summer festival Frontier’s Days […]
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Charleston Charleston (West Virginia), capital of West Virginia, USA; city status 1794, 51,400 residents (2010). In addition to being the seat of the state administration, Charleston is also the economic center of the nearby industrial area of the Kanawha Valley (especially chemical factories). The Parliament Building, designed by Cass Gilbert (1859-1934), is considered one of […]
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National Mall National Mall, designation for the approximately 3 km long park area, which forms the central axis of the US capital, Washington, DC Strictly speaking, only the area from the Capitol Hill Congress Building to the Washington Monument bears the designation, but it is also commonly used on the remaining stretch west to Lincoln […]
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Seattle Seattle, a port city on Puget Sound, Washington, USA; 608,700 residents (2010). The city, the state’s economic, cultural, and population center, has a large and diverse industry with some of the United States’ leading companies in the aerospace (Boeing), shipbuilding (Todd Shipyards), wood and paper (Weyerhaeuser), and computer industries (Microsoft). Also important are the […]
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Norfolk Norfolk (Virginia), port city of Virginia, USA; 242,800 residents (2010). See Hampton Roads. CountryAAH: Lists all cities and towns of Virginia in alphabetical order. Covers maps and airports in each major city in the state of Virginia. Richmond Richmond (Virginia), the capital of Virginia, USA; 204,200 residents (2010), of which 51% are black. The […]
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Montpelier Montpelier, the capital of Vermont, USA. With just 7855 residents (2010), the city is the smallest of the state capitals of the United States. In addition to the state administration, tourism is an important asset for the city, especially due to the opportunities for skiing in the surrounding Green Mountains, which are part of […]
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Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah, USA; city population 186,400 residents (2010). The city is located at an altitude of 1300 m between the Wasatch Mountains and the Great Salt Lake and has since its founding in 1847 been the center of the Mormon Church, whose buildings characterize the inner city […]
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