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Architecture Calendars
Architecture Calendars




BOOKS ABOUT CITIES & URBAN PLANNING

The City in History
The City
in History:
Its Origins, Transformations, & Prospects


Sticks & Stones
Sticks & Stones


The City Shaped
The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History


Cities of Tomorrow
Cities of
Tomorrow


Preserving the World's Great Cities
Preserving the World's Great Cities


Understanding Architecture
Understanding Architecture


City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction




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Cities of the World Educational Posters & Prints “Be...-”
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Beijing
Beirut
Belfast

Belgrade
Berlin

Bern
Beziers



Forbidden City and Modern Buildings in Distance, Beijing, China, Photographic Print
Beijing (Peking), China
Photographic Print

(39º54'50"N 116º23'30"E)

Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the political, educational, and cultural center of the country, Hong Kong and Shanghai predominate in economic fields.

The word “Beijing” means “northern capital”.


Corniche, Beirut, Lebanon, Middle East, Photographic Print
Corniche, Beirut,
Lebanon, Middle East,
Photographic Print

(33º53'13"N 35º30'47"E)

Beirut, the capital and largest city of Lebanon, is located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline.

Beirut is first mentioned the 15th century BC with continuous inhabition since.

The name Beirut is from the ancient Canaanite name of Be'erot (wells), referring to an underground water table that is still used.


Exterior of Pub, Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Photographic Print
Exterior of Pub, Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom,
Photographic Print

(54º35'42.9"N 5º55'48"W)

Belfast, the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland, is situated on a large, natural intertidal sea lough (bay) at the mouth of the River Lagan on the east coast of Northern Ireland. The name Belfast, from the Irish Béal Feirste means “The sandy ford at the river mouth”.

Belfast was once famous as a shipbuilding city: the Titanic was built there 1911-1912.

Belfast is also remembered for the the sectarian conflict between its Roman Catholic and Protestant citizens with various paramilitary groups devolving into crime and racketeering.

Notable people associated with Belfast: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Mairead Corrigan, James Galway, C.S. Lewis,


Kralja Milana Street, Belgrade, Serbia, Photographic Print
Kralja Milana Street, Belgrade, Serbia, Photographic Print

(44º49'14"N 20º27'44"E)

Belgrade, the capital and largest city of Serbia in Eastern Europe, is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Mountains.

The region has evidence of human habitation from the 6th century BC and has held by the Thraco-Dacians, the Romans, Attila the Hun, the Slavs, Ottomans, and Hapsburgs. The First, Second and Third Crusades passed through Belgrade and from 1918 to 2003 it was the capital of Yugoslavia.

Notable people associated with Belgrade include Attila the Hun, Josef Tito, Ivo Andric.


Communist Built Wall Dividing East from West Berlin, East Germany, Photographic Print
Communist Built Wall Dividing East from West Berlin, East Germany,
Photographic Print

(52º30'2"N 13º23'56"E)

Berlin is the capital, and largest city, is located in eastern Germany.

The earliest evidence of settlements in the area of Berlin date from the late 1100s, the first mentions of Berlin are in 1237 and 1244.

Berlin, a world city of culture, politics, media, and science, is home to renowned universities, research institutes, sporting events, orchestras, museums and personalities.

Historic Headlines Poster - Berlin Wall Tumbles, Saturday, Nov. 11, 1989 ‘Beginning of the End' for Communism, Germany Re-unified, Breaching the Wall‘


Aare River and Bern, Switzerland, Photographic Print
Aare River and
Bern, Switzerland,
Photographic Print

(46º57'0"N 7º27'0"E)

Bern is the fourth most populous city in Switzerland and its capital.

The historic old town at the center of Bern was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983.

Notable people associated with Bern include Mikhail Bakunin, Albert Einstein, Paul Klee


Beziers, Languedoc Roussillon, France, Photographic Print
Beziers, Languedoc Roussillon, France, Photographic Print

(52º30'2"N 13º23'56"E)

Béziers, located in the Languedoc region of France near the Mediterranean coast, has been occupied since the Neolithic period. As a Roman town it was on the road linking Provence with Iberia.

Catharism was a Christian religious movement that was declared heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Béziers, as a Cathars stronghold, was sacked during the Albigensian Crusade.

Most Ancient European Towns Network: Argos, Beziers, Cadiz, Colchester, Cork, Evora, Maastricht, Roskilde, Tongeren, Worms.


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