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CALENDARS

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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Contemporary and historic cities ~

Helsinki
Herculaneum

Hierapolis

Hiroshima



Harbour with Lutheran Cathedral Rising Behind, Helsinki, Finland, Scandinavia, Photographic Print
Harbor with Lutheran Cathedral Rising Behind, Helsinki, Finland, Scandinavia, Photographic Print

(60º10'15"N 24º56'15"E)

Helsinki, the capital and largest city in Finland, located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. It is spread across a number of bays, peninsulas, and islands.

Notable people associated with Helsinki include the Saarinen family, Artturi Virtanen


Mount Vesuvius Behind the Ruins of the Roman Resort of Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, Photographic Print
Mount Vesuvius Behind the Ruins of the Roman Resort of Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, Photographic Print

(40º48'0"N 14º21'0"E)

Herculaneum, a Roman town, was destroyed and completely buried during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in the year AD 79. It is near modern Naples.

Herculaneum along with nearby Pompeii, Stabiae and Oplontis, were buried under 4-6 meters of ash and pumice for nearly 1700 years before being accidently being discovered in 1749.

The name Herculaneum is related to the the Greek hero Herakles (Latin: Hercules), indicating the town was of Greek origin. It had a smaller population than the better known Pompeii, and it was a wealthier community.


Pamukkale-Hierapolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Denizli Province, Anatolia, Turkey, Photographic Print
Pamukkale-Hierapolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Denizli Province, Anatolia, Turkey, Photographic Print

(37º55'30"N 29º7'33"E)

Hierapolis (Pamukkale, Turkey) was a Roman spa town built around hot springs. The archeological ruins are evidence of Hierapolis catering to people seeking health or a place for comfortable retirement.

Hierapolis' north necropolis (cemetery or burial ground) contains the Sarcophagus of Marcus Aurelius Ammianos with a depiction of the earliest known water-driven sawmill incorporating a crank and connecting rod mechanism.

The Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born in Hierapolis.


Atomic Bomb Dome, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Boat on Aioi River, Hiroshima, Japan, Asia, Photographic Print
Atomic Bomb Dome, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Boat on Aioi River, Hiroshima, Japan, Asia,
Photographic Print

(34º23'53"N 132º28'32.9"E)

Hiroshima is the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon. The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II. 80,000 people were directly killed, by the end of the year to total casualties were between 90,000 and 140,000.

Sadako Sasaki was born in Hiroshima and survived the bomb - she is noted for her folding 1000 cranes as her wish to be healed from the radiation poisoning that did claim her life in 1955.

FYI ~ Hiroshima was struck by a typhoon on September 17, 1945 that further damaged the city.

• “At, exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place in the plant office and was turning her head to speak to the girl at the next desk.” — Opening sentence, Hiroshima, 1946 , author John Hersey


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