But the historic city has tranquil pockets as well, with quiet corners and ample green spaces.
Windsor Castle, encircled by the historic city of the same name, is an easy-to-tackle 30-mile cycle from the capital.
That's the nation, that's the world that you can start to build here in this historic city.
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Pakistanis reacted with similar scorn when their capital was moved from the historic city of Karachi to characterless Islamabad.
In Venice, where the sea-level data was released, engineers are constructing a new set of tidal barriers to protect the historic city.
In the morning, (horo)scope out the cobblestone streets of this historic city.
But residents have since complained that the construction of new homes and efforts to rebuild the historic city centre have been too slow.
Afterward, a senior officer laid a wreath on a memorial to five pre-Revolutionary War royal governors who had been born in the historic city.
The new Reserve Champagne and Tea Lounge is a delightful place to spend an afternoon sipping and supping after a morning meeting in the historic city centre.
Runners will pass York's historic city walls, the famous Betty's tea rooms and York Minster, and go through villages in North Yorkshire and the East Riding.
In 1986, when McDonald's opened next to Rome's Spanish Steps, Italian celebrities caused such an anti-Big-Mac furor that the government passed laws zoning the chain out of all historic city centers.
Rabat, modern capital and historic City (Morocco): a shared heritage, on Atlantic coast in the northwest of the country, is the product of a fertile exchange between the Arabo-Muslim past and Western modernism.
If a break from the water is what you're after, the hotel is near a golf course and within walking distance of Lagos' historic city center, where you can settle in on one of its many restaurant patios for fresh fish.
The latest instalment in this series concerns the archaeology, history, art and architecture of the province of Ghazni which we sincerely hope contributes to greater knowledge and understanding of the historic city of Ghazni and also sparks new interest among the Afghan youth to help safeguard heritage under threat from looting and destruction.
Either as a performer or as a punter, there is a uniqueness about the High street and The Pleasance which just seem rightly placed in this historic city for entertainment, not to mention all the other wee venues, where a stand up comic or a jazz sax player can play to one or twenty.
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The focus of the workshop goes beyond the traditional role of the museum and includes the concept of the entire historic city as a living museum, getting away from the definition of a museum as a physical structure with four walls and a door and includes the cultural spaces, traditional skills, community and other tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Most rooms and the top floor Le Loft Bar and Lounge offer some of the best views in the city from its location just across the Danube overlooking the historic old city inside the Ringstrasse.
Their next stop after the camp was the historic Roman city of Jerash.
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In 2003, some 26, 000 people were killed by a 6.6 magnitude quake that flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam.
Meanwhile, French-led troops are consolidating their position in the historic Malian city of Timbuktu after seizing it from Islamist extremists.
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Just 45 minutes from Beirut is Byblos, a historic coastal city with stunning ancient Roman ruins and a well-preserved Crusader-era castle.
And the lanes of gutted houses lead to the historic Old City, the cherished heart of Homs which barely beats now.
Most so-called Parisians live outside the historic inner city, in a patchwork of communes and communities that lie beyond the outer ring road.
Abu Stayf lives on the edge of the historic old city.
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You might ask, why would anyone pay that kind of money when that same amount could go toward a luxurious vacation on a tropical beach or a four star hotel in a historic European city?
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) said the project could "irreversibly damage" the city's historic docklands and the committee put the city on an "in danger" list in June.
The NYPD has said that stop-and-frisk is an integral element in the historic reduction in city crime.
Plans to transform a historic granite Aberdeen city centre church into an office building have been unveiled.
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In 2003, some 26, 000 people were killed by a magnitude-6.6 quake that flattened the historic southeastern Iranian city of Bam.
In 2003, some 26, 000 people were killed by a magnitude 6.6 quake that flattened the historic southeastern Iranian city of Bam.
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