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Old 29-04-2010, 02:49 Original language: Russian        #1
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Forbes magazine asked a number of specialists in urban planning, architecture, design and sustainable development, to learn their views on what the city can be called the most beautiful in the world. Below, in alphabetical order is a list of these cities, based on reviews of the respondents Forbes:
Vancouver (Canada). The most famous attractions - Coast Mountains, Stanley Park, a large number of environmentally friendly residential and commercial areas.
Venice (Italy). The most famous attractions - canals and gondolas, the Basilica of St. Mark, the lack of cars.
Cape Town (South Africa). The most famous landmarks - Table Mountain, the Botanical Gardens Kirstenbosh, Port Victoria and Alfred Waterfront.
Cambridge (UK). The most famous attractions - the chapel at King's College, tributary of the River Great Ouse, Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
London (United Kingdom). The most famous attractions - watch Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square.
Of New York (USA). The most famous attractions - Central Park, the Skyscraper Empire State Building.
Paris (France). The most famous sights - the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, the Grand Palace.
San Francisco (USA). The most famous landmarks - the Golden Gate Bridge, District Fisherman's Wharf.
Sydney (Australia). The most famous attractions - the bridge across Sydney Harbour, the building of the Sydney Opera House, Bondi Beach.
Tokyo (Japan). The most famous attractions - the Imperial Palace, the Tower Tokyo Tower.
Florence (Italy). The most famous sights - the Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria.
Chicago (USA). The most famous attractions - Millennium Park, the area Magnificent Mile, the shores of Lake Michigan.


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It could not be seen Petersburg or Rome or Florence or Amsterdam, much less Brugge, Gent, of Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Prague.
Hm. Anglosaksono-centric.
And more simply, bosses.
The most amazing selection of Tokyo - a city fuckin bombed and razed to the ground mirikanskimi imperialism during WWII.
Why, for example, has been selected namely Cambridge, is also unclear.
A selection of Chicago that cost?
And New York - is at an amateur in terms of beauty.




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