Cities of the World Educational Posters & Prints “Lh...-Lj...-”
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Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining.

Lhasa, at 3,600 m (11,800 ft), is located in a small basin of the Tibetan Plateau surrounded by the Himalaya Mountains rising to 5,500 m (18,000 ft). The literal translation of Lhasa is “place of the gods”.

Lilongwe is the capital city and largest city of the southeastern landlocked African nation of Malawi (formerly known as Nyasaland).

Lima, the capital and largest city of Peru, was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535.

Located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers in the central part of the country, Lima overlooks the Pacific Ocean.

Lima is home to National University of San Marcos, founded on May 12, 1551 during Spanish colonial regime, making it the oldest higher learning institution in the New World.

It is thought that the word “Lima” is the Spanish pronunciation of the native word “Limaq”, a native oracle.

Lisbon, the capital and largest city of Portugal, is located on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula and the Tagus River. Lisbon is also the westernmost large city in Europe.

Continueously inhabitated since c. 1200 BC, Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world.

Lisbon has suffered from large earthquakes, the most notable to date happened November 1, 1755, when an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 residents died and 85 percent of the city was destoyed. The Pombaline Lower Town (Baixa Pombalina), planned and built after the 1755 earthquake, is an early example of earthquake-resistant construction.

Notable people associated with Lisbon include Luís de Camões, Bartholomew Diaz, Vasco da Gama, Pedro Alvares Cabral, Baruch Spinoza (family).

Liverpool, located on the Mersey Estuary, is a major seaport in England. Areas of the city, such as the Pier Head and the “Three Graces” of the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building have declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Edward Elgar dedicated his famous Pomp and Circumstance the Liverpool Orchestral Society, and Carl Gustav Jung had a dream involving Liverpool (“Liverpool is the ‘pool of life’” that he described in Memories, Dreams, Reflections, 1928

Notable people associated with Liverpool include the Beatles, Rex Harrison, Jeremiah Horrocks, Walter Crane, Robert Morris, Ken Robinson, George Stubbs, Alfred Waterhouse.

Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is situated in the Ljubljana Basin on the Ljubljana River between the Alps and the Karst.

The area is prone to flooding, indicated by its Old German name Laibach which means “a standing water causing floods”, a name in use from the Middle Ages till 1918.

Human habitation is indicated in the area from 2000 BC when people lived in pile dwellings in the Ljubljana Marshes.

Notable people associated with Ljubljana include Joze Plecnik.