A report on Madrid and Buenos Aires

A section of the Muslim Walls of Madrid. For a list of all the walls, see: Walls of Madrid.
Our Lady of Buen Aire in front of the National Migration Department
View of Madrid from the west, facing the Puerta de la Vega. Drawing by Anton van den Wyngaerde, 1562
Juan de Garay founding Buenos Aires in 1580. The initial settlement, founded by Pedro de Mendoza, had been abandoned since 1542.
Baths in the Manzanares in the place of Molino Quemado (detail), by Félix Castello (c. 1634–1637)
Aldus verthoont hem de stadt Buenos Ayrros geleegen in Rio de la Plata, painting by a Dutch sailor who anchored at the port around 1628.
View of Calle de Alcalá in 1750 by Antonio Joli
Emeric Essex Vidal, General view of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros, 1820. In this area now lies the Plaza San Martín.
The Second of May 1808 by Francisco de Goya
Impression of the Buenos Aires Cathedral by Carlos Pellegrini, 1829.
1861 map of the Ensanche de Madrid
View of the Avenida de Mayo in 1915
People seeking refuge in the metro during the unsuccessful Francoist bombings (1936–1937) over Madrid during the Spanish Civil War
Construction of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires on the 9 de Julio Avenue, 1936.
Woman in Moratalaz by 1974
9 de Julio Avenue, 1986.
2011 Anti-austerity protests in the Puerta del Sol
Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies, foreign subsidiaries, and diplomatic offices. It is located in the Retiro and San Nicolás neighborhoods.
Madrid as seen by the Sentinel-2 satellite in October 2020
Satellite view of the Greater Buenos Aires area, and the Río de la Plata.
Viaje de Amaniel
Buenos Aires Botanical Garden
Municipal police agents from the 2018 promotion
Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Plaza San Martin. Thunderstorms are usual during the summer.
Plaza Mayor, built in the 16th century
The Buenos Aires City Hall in the right corner of the entrance to the Avenida de Mayo
Royal Palace of Madrid built in the 18th century.
Metropolitan Police of Buenos Aires City
The Círculo de Bellas Artes
The Immigrants' Hotel, constructed in 1906, received and assisted the thousands of immigrants arriving to the city. The hotel is now a National Museum.
The Edificio España.
Villa 31, a villa miseria in Buenos Aires
Retiro Park
The Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic church in the city.
The Temple of Debod, an ancient Egyptian temple dismantled and rebuilt in the Parque del Oeste.
The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the main stock exchange and financial center of Argentina.
Casa de Campo park
Headquarters of the National Bank of Argentina, the national bank and the largest in the country's banking sector.
The Campo del Moro gardens near the Royal Palace
Buenos Aires Bus, the city's tourist bus service. The official estimate is that the bus carries between 700 and 800 passengers per day, and has carried half a million passengers since its opening.
The Manzanares flowing through the Monte de El Pardo.
Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina in the neighborhood of Palermo
Mount of El Pardo and Soto de Viñuelas inside the city of Madrid
The Centro Cultural Kirchner (Kirchner Cultural Center), located at the former Central Post Office, is the largest of Latin America.
Parque de El Capricho completed in 1815
Homage to Buenos Aires, a mural located at the Carlos Gardel station of the Buenos Aires Underground. It represents a typical scene from the city and several of its icons, such as singer Carlos Gardel, the Obelisco, the port, tango dancing and the Abasto market.
The Madrid Stock Exchange
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art.
Cuatro Torres Business Area
MALBA
New housing in the Ensanche de Vallecas
The interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a celebrated bookstore located in the barrio of Recoleta.
Mercamadrid facilities in South-Eastern Madrid
Tango dancers during the World tango dance tournament.
Fitur fair in Ifema
The Buenos Aires Philharmonic.
Building works of Caleido in August 2018
Gaumont Cinema opened in 1912.
Madrid de los Austrias. It is the part of Madrid with the most buildings of the Habsburg-period.
A screening at Parque Centenario, as part of the 2011 edition of BAFICI
Set of La 1's newscast services, Telediario.
A fashion show at the Planetarium in 2013, as part of BAFWEEK.
The Prado Museum
View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical center. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts and modernist architecture.
Las Meninas, by Diego de Velázquez, 1656 (Prado Museum)
Teatro Colón.
The Lady of Elche, an iconic item exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum
Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, a public high school in Buenos Aires, and it is one of the most prestigious in Argentina and Latin America.
Facsimile of the Madrid Codex exhibited at the Museum of the Americas
University of Buenos Aires' Law School in Recoleta
Chalcography for an edition of Francisco de Quevedo's El Parnaso Español (1648)
July 9 Avenue
Portrait of Benito Pérez Galdós, by Joaquín Sorolla, 1894
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Interior of the National Library of Spain
A Mitre Line Trenes Argentinos train in Retiro railway station
Nightlife in the Centro District
Map of the Greater Buenos Aires Commuter Rail Network
The Teatro Real
EcoBici.
Festivities of San Isidro Labrador in the pradera, 2007.
200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground.
High heels race in WorldPride Madrid 2017
Buenos Aires Underground map
People in costumes during the proclamation (pregón) of the 2013 Carnival
Metrobus, Paseo del Bajo.
The Las Ventas bullring
Buquebus high-speed ferries connect Buenos Aires to Uruguay
The Madrid Derby at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Campo Argentino de Polo, home of the Argentine Open Polo Championship, the most important global event of this discipline
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Final at the Palacio de Deportes
La Bombonera during a night game of Copa Libertadores between Boca Juniors v. Colo Colo.
2009 Madrid Open Women's Final at the Caja Mágica
Luna Park
The rectorate of the Complutense University of Madrid
School of Mines, Technical University of Madrid
Students of the IE Business School
The M-607 meets the M-30 north of the municipality.
The network of high capacity roads in Spain features its most important node in Madrid.
M-30 tunnel parallel to the Manzanares
AVE rolling stock at the Madrid Atocha station
Interior of the terminal 4 (T4) of the Madrid–Barajas Airport.

Buenos Aires architecture is characterized by its eclectic nature, with elements resembling Paris and Madrid.

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Berlin

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Capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population.

Capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population.

Map of Berlin in 1688
Berlin Cathedral (left) and Berlin Palace (right), 1900
Berlin became the capital of the German Empire in 1871 and expanded rapidly in the following years.
Berlin in ruins after World War II (Potsdamer Platz, 1945)
The Berlin Wall (painted on the western side) was a barrier that divided the city from 1961 to 1989.
The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989. On 3 October 1990, the German reunification process was formally finished.
The coat of arms proposed in the state contract
Satellite image of Berlin
The outskirts of Berlin are covered with woodlands and numerous lakes.
Aerial photo over central Berlin showing City West, Potsdamer Platz, Alexanderplatz and the Tiergarten
Panorama of the Gendarmenmarkt, showing the Konzerthaus Berlin, flanked by the German Church (left) and French Church (right)
The Berlin Cathedral at Museum Island
Charlottenburg Palace
Hackesche Höfe
Breitscheidplatz with Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is the center of City West.
Berlin's population, 1880–2012
Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall), seat of the Senate and Mayor of Berlin
Berlin's 12 boroughs and their 96 neighborhoods
Berlin is a UNESCO "City of Design" and recognized for its creative industries and startup ecosystem.
Deutsche Bahn, the world's second-largest transport company, is headquartered in Berlin.
The European Film Academy (logo pictured) was founded in Berlin.
The new building of Axel Springer SE which is heardquarted in Berlin
Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the largest grade-separated railway station in Europe.
The Berlin U-Bahn (Metro) at Heidelberger Platz station
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Flights departing from Berlin serve 163 destinations around the globe.
Airports in Berlin, including those that are no longer used (as of November 2020)
Typical cycle street in Prenzlauer Berg
Heizkraftwerk Mitte power plant
The Charité university hospital
Café customers in Berlin Mitte using Wi-Fi devices
The Humboldt University of Berlin is affiliated with 57 Nobel Prize winners.
The Free University is one of Germany's eleven "Universities of Excellence".
The WISTA Science and Technology Park in Adlershof is home to several innovative businesses and research institutes.
The Alte Nationalgalerie is part of the Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The alternative Holzmarkt, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
The Jewish Museum presents two millennia of German–Jewish history.
The reconstructed Ishtar Gate of Babylon at the Pergamon Museum
The Berlinale is the largest international spectator film festival.
The French Cathedral during the annual Festival of Lights
Hanukkah festival at the Brandenburg Gate
Sir Simon Rattle conducting the renowned Berlin Philharmonic
The Elephant Gate at the Berlin Zoo
The Victory Column in Tiergarten
The Olympiastadion hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final.
The Berlin Marathon is the world record course.
The Federal Chancellery building, seat of the Chancellor of Germany
The Reichstag, seat of the Bundestag
Schloss Bellevue, seat of the President of Germany
Prussian House of Lords, the seat of the Bundesrat of Germany
Headquarters of the Federal Intelligence Service

Madrid, Spain (1988)

Buenos Aires, Argentina (1994)

Havana

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Capital and largest city of Cuba.

Capital and largest city of Cuba.

A panoramic view of Havana, Cuba from atop the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña.
Coat of arms of La Habana
French pirate Jacques de Sores looting and burning Havana in 1555
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, governor of Cuba who moved Havana's location in 1514
Detail of the plan of the city, port and castles of San Christobal de La Habana-1776
Havana Cathedral, 1748–1777
Raising the Cuban flag on the Governor General's Palace at noon on May 20, 1902.
Havana aerial view circa 1920
Fidel Castro and his men in the Sierra Maestra, ca. 1957
Hill of the Castillo del Principe
Comite Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party).
Havana detailed Districts Map (2022-01)
Havana Cathedral view from side street. ca. 1880s
Royal Shipyard of Havana, crop from B. May Y Ca. map, 1853
Plan and explanation of the Royal Shipyard of Havana on the island of Cuba and its surroundings (Library of Congress, date and author unknown)
Frédéric Mialhe_Álbum pintoresco de la Isla de Cuba. Showing Alameda de Paula [1] with the Hospital and Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula. 1840. It was given the name Alameda de Paula because of its proximity to the old Hospital and Iglesia of San Francisco de Paula.
Alameda de Paula during 1940s renovation
Paseo de Tacón_Avenida Carlos III, La Habana, 1952
View of the entrance to the Tacon promenade (Havana)
Quinta de los Molinos
Residence of the Captains General in Quinta de los Molinos in the decades of 1850–1870, Havana, Cuba.
Map Quinta de los Molinos, 1841
El Malecon
El Malecon in 1925
Malecon before construction, ca 1900.
The Colón Cemetery concept-design diagram.
The Colón Cemetery, Havana NE Corner (Calle 18 and Calle N Calzada Zapata and San Antonio Chiquito and Calle 29. May 7, 1949
The Colón cemetery's main gate before 1901
Paseo del Prado
Forestier's master plan for Havana of 1924
Barrio Chino in Centro Habana
Castle of the Real Fuerza, 1577
Plaza del Vapor, Havana of 1835
Iglesia del Espíritu Santo, Havana, Cuba
Plan of Iglesia del Espíritu Santo, Havana, Cuba
Iglesia del Espíritu Santo_roof construction looking towards the front.
Iglesia y hospital San Francisco de Paula
Church San Francisco de Paula, Havana, Cuba
Palacio de Villalba
Palacio de la Marquesa de Villalba, floor plan
1853 Map of Havana shows urban condition of the wall before demolition
Palace stair
Palacio de Aldama, south east corner. Havana, Cuba.
Royal Palm Hotel (Havana), entrance. ca. 1930
Edificio Bacardí
Bacardi Building, Ground Floor Plan
Bacardi Building, first floor
Lobby terrazzo floor
Hotel Habana Libre situado en la esquina más céntrica del Vedado
Fulgencio Batista with an architectural model of the Habana Hilton, c. 1956
Building characteristics advertisement. ca 1948
Edificio Radiocentro CMQ. Television studios entrance on Calle M.
Radiocentro CMQ Building floor plan showing Cinerama [[:File:How Cinerama is projected.gif]] theater, domino frame structure office building and radio and television studios.
Cinerama using three projectors and curved screen.
Aerial view he FOCSA Building seen from the west showing the floating corridors, circa 1958.
FOCSA Building Typical Floor Plan
prefabricated panels
Antonio Quintana Simonetti Edificio del Seguro Médico, Havana, 1958
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Federico Beltran Masses in 1914
Painting done in 1929 for the artist's London exhibition, oil on canvas
Víctor Manuel García Valdés, ca. 1940
Victor-manuel-garcia rio-san-juan-matanzas, ca. 1940
Wifredo lam in his studio, 1964
Ballet Nacional de Cuba performing at the Great Theatre
Alicia Alonso and Reyes Fernández in Giselle
Radiocentro CMQ Building, Havana
La-tremenda-corte-programa-radio. Radiocentro CMQ. Live radio tramsmission of La Tremenda Corte in one of the Radio CMQ Studio. From left to right: Erdwin Fernández, Mimí Cal, Adolfo Otero, Miguel Ángel Herrera, Aníbal de Mar y Leopoldo Fernández.
Sight-seeing busses at the Parque Central
Lonja del Comercio building
Interior of the Central Railway Station
Havana tramway
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Havana
Alicia Alonso
José Raúl Capablanca
Alejo Carpentier
Celia Cruz
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
El Caballero de Paris
Carlos Finlay
Wifredo Lam
Ernesto Lecuona
José Lezama Lima
Dulce María Loynaz
José Martí
Rita Montaner
Benny Moré
Antonio Quintana, Architect
Mario Romañach, Architect
Cirilo Villaverde
Capitolio floor plan. Havana, Cuba. 2-Entrance Portico, 3-Rotunda, 4-Apse, 5-Salon de Marti, 6-Library, 7-Committee room, 8-Stair of Honor, 9-Patio-garden, 10-Salon (pasos perdidos), 12-Secretary, 14-Senate, 15-Cámara, 16-Gallery.
Main gate Cementerio de Colón
Palacio de la Marquesa de Villalba, Havana
Satellite view of Havana in October 2005

The Colón Cemetery is one of the most important cemeteries in the world and is generally held to be one of the most important in Latin America in historical and architectural terms, second only to La Recoleta in Buenos Aires.

Lining the boulevard are important buildings such as the Gran Teatro de La Habana, hotels (including the Hotel Sevilla), cinemas such as the Fausto, theaters, and mansions imitating styles from Madrid, París and Vienna.

Andorra la Vella

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Capital of the Principality of Andorra.

Capital of the Principality of Andorra.

Sant Andreu Church
Footpath in Andorra la Vella
Jaume Bartumeu, 2009
Marc García, 2016
Central street in Andorra la Vella

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina

🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain

Cádiz

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City and port in southwestern Spain.

City and port in southwestern Spain.

Satellite view of the Bay of Cádiz
Phoenician anthropoid sarcophagi (400-470 BC) found in Cádiz, thought to have been imported from the Phoenician homeland around Sidon (now in the Museum of Cádiz)
Votive statues of Melqart-Hercules from the Islote de Sancti Petri
The Bay of Cádiz in antiquity featuring a notably different coastline.
Defense of Cádiz against the English, by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1634 (Prado Museum, Madrid)
Proclamation of the 1812 Constitution of Cádiz.
City skyline
View of Cadiz, with Catedral de Cádiz, from Mirador El Vendaval
San Francisco church
Plaza de San Antonio and church
Cádiz Cathedral
View of the Plaza de San Juan de Dios, featuring the façade of the Old Town Hall.
Monument to the Constitution of 1812
Admiral's House
Plaza de las Tortugas
La Pepa Bridge at night
View of the cathedral from Playa de la Santamaría
Tortillita de camarones
Poster advertising the 1926 Carnival of Cádiz
View of the Port of Cádiz
Palacio de Congresos (Old tobacco factory)
Pylons of Cádiz
Roman theatre
Las puertas de tierra
Arco de la Rosa
Inside view of Castillo de Santa Catalina

Young Gaditanos, those between 18 and 30 years of age, have been migrating to other places in Spain (Madrid and Castellón, chiefly), as well as to other places in Europe and the Americas.

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina (1975)

Bogotá

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Capital of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world.

Capital of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world.

The Bogotá savanna is the high plateau in the Andes where Bogotá is located. The flatlands are clearly visible in the topography and the result of a Pleistocene lake; Lake Humboldt, that existed until around 30,000 years BP
The Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, founder of the city
Iglesia de San Francisco is the oldest church standing in Bogotá, built between 1557-1566, located in La Candelaria (the city Oldest part)
Bolívar Square and the cathedral
The Plateresque Colonial Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé, built between 1604-1622.
The Royal Street (in 1869), today known as Seventh Avenue (Carrera Séptima)
Bogotá La Sabana railway station
Bogotazo
Bogotá is the third largest city within city limits in South America by population, after São Paulo and Lima
International Business Center, Bogotá, D.C.
Hailstorm in Bogotá
Eastern Hills
Sumapaz Páramo
Street arrangement of Bogotá based on the Cartesian coordinate system: North is to the right. (Typical maps for the city place the north on the left.)
View of Bogotá from the mountain Monserrate
Bogotá Future Population (Medium Variant)
The Centro Andino
Parque La Colina Shopping Mall
An old house in the Teusaquillo locality, near downtown Bogotá (Estrato 4)
Map of the TransMilenio system
El Dorado International Airport
Ciclovía in Bogotá
BD Bacatá, under construction, will be the city's tallest building.
Colombian National Museum
Ibero-American Theater Festival
Teatro de Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus Theater)
Estadio El Campín
Monserrate Sanctuary at top of the mount
Atlantis Plaza Mall, featuring the Hard Rock Cafe
La Candelaria, the historical district of the city
Maloka Museum
Bi-articulated TransMilenio bus
Urban (SITP) bus, part of the integrated public transport system
Bikepath in central Bogotá
Traffic on the Northern Highway (Autopista Norte)
"El Claustro" at the Del Rosario University
Luis Carlos Sarmiento Building of Science and Technology at the National University of Colombia
Centro Ático at Pontifical Xavierian University
Mario Laserna Building at the University of the Andes
Liberators Building at El Bosque University
Sergio Arboleda University
Main Cloister at Saint Thomas Aquinas University
Santa Barbara business district
Victorian architecture in Teusaquillo
Torres del Parque
Santa Maria bullring
National Library of Colombia
Julio Mario Santo Domingo Public Library
Virgilio Barco Public Library
El Tintal Public Library
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
El Lugar de Su Presencia
Bogotá Colombia Temple
Abou Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque
Ajiaco is one of the city's most representative dishes
"Chocolate santafereño" (Santafe hot chocolate), almojábana, cheese and pandebono
Simón Bolívar Park
Journalists' park
93 Park
Santander park
El Virrey park
Santa Clara Church Museum built between 1629 and 1647. It has a large collection of colonial Colombian paintings.
Colonial Art Museum of Bogotá
Gold Museum of Bogotá
Archaeology Museum of Pasca
Botero Museum

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina

🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain

Santiago

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Capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas.

Capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas.

Municipality of Santiago Commune
1541 founding of Santiago. Painting by Pedro Lira, the portrait of Pedro de Valdivia and Juan Martín de Candia; proclaiming the City of Santiago de Chile, c. 1541
Inés de Suárez, successfully defending Santiago against a Mapuche attack in 1541
Map of colonial Santiago at the beginning of the 18th century.
The Calicanto bridge over the Mapocho river was the main symbol of the city of Santiago after its inauguration in 1779.
Battle of Maipú, 1818
La Alameda, Santiago in 1860
Map of Santiago in 1895.
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The Plaza de Armas in 1906.
View of Ahumada, in the city center, in the late 1920s.
Women prepare soup kitchens in 1932.
View of Alameda in 1930.
Extension of Greater Santiago, in 1965.
The expansion to the periphery forced the Santiago metro extension to the commune of Maipú and Puente Alto. here an Alstom NS 74 (center) begins to leave a metro station, while an Alstom NS 93 (far lower right) is nearing the same metro station.
The Gran Torre Santiago (Great Santiago Tower), part of the Costanera Center complex, is the second tallest building in Ibero-America
Northwestern Las Condes From Sky Costanera at dusk, Oct. 2018
Satellite image of Santiago taken by Landsat 8 on 24 October 2014.
Population of Santiago from 1820 to 2020 (projected).
Santiago by Human Development Index on a commune-basis in 2017.
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
Estación Central railway station, with an X'Trapolis trainset
Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado
Costanera Norte Expressway
Vicente Valdés station
Santiago Metro map as January, 2019
Los Leones station
Transantiago bus, with original color scheme (2005–2012)
Map of Santiago depicting main streets and airport.
Map of Santiago communes
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The statue of the Virgin Mary at San Cristobal Hill is one of the main symbols of the city.
Municipal Theatre of Santiago
Interior from Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center.
Estadio Nacional de Chile
Universidad de Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Ski Center La Parva
Santiago Metropolitan Park
Santiago in the winter
Santiago in the summer
Palacio de La Moneda
Contemporary Art Museum of Santiago
Fine Arts Museum
Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
Former Congress Building
Chemamull statues at Precolumbian Art Museum of Santiago
Club de La Unión
Façade of the Santiago Stock Exchange
Basílica del Salvador
Paseo Bulnes, downtown Santiago
Paseo Ahumada, downtown Santiago
Entel Tower
A street in Santiago

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina

🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain

Twee DJs perform at now defunct superclub Space(1986–2016) on the island of Ibiza, Spain

Nightclub

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Entertainment venue during nighttime comprising a dance floor, lightshow, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who plays recorded music.

Entertainment venue during nighttime comprising a dance floor, lightshow, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who plays recorded music.

Twee DJs perform at now defunct superclub Space(1986–2016) on the island of Ibiza, Spain
People dancing in a nightclub in Tampere, Finland
"The Cave" in the basement of the Gruenwald (later Roosevelt) Hotel, New Orleans opened in 1912; said by some to be one of the first nightclubs in the United States
The "Kakadu" (1919–1937), one of Berlin's best-known dance- and nightclubs since the early 1920s, offered a bar, a dance floor, live music played by jazz band, and cabaret.
A disc jockey (DJ) mixing vinyl records on turntables (Inland Empire, 2009)
Club DJ using digital CDJ players for mixing music (Munich, 2010s)
Clubgoers dancing at an upmarket nightclub (Miami, 2008)
Light-up club wear for performances, glowing under black lights. (Barcelona, 2003)
Number of patients with alcohol-related serious injury and trauma to the emergency department at different hours of the day, before and after a change in alcohol legislation that made partying stricter in the Sydney CBD Entertainment Precinct. These policies include: increased monitoring, increased strictness on entry of clubs, and sharing of information between venues to prevent intoxicated patrons to access different places. On average, there is significant decreases in any alcohol-related injury.

17 December 1983: Alcalá 20 nightclub fire, 82 people were killed and 27 injured in Madrid, Spain

20 December 1993: Kheyvis Fire, 17 killed in a nightclub fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina

Santo Domingo

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Capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population.

Capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population.

Tomb that housed the remains of Christopher Columbus until 1795 (at the cathedral).
The Ozama Fortress is one of the surviving sections of the Walls of Santo Domingo, which is recognized by UNESCO as being the oldest military construction of European origin in the Americas.
Destruction of Santo Domingo after the hurricane
View of Santo Domingo from space, 2010.
View of the skyline in Central Santo Domingo, financial district of Dominican Republic (2021).
View of the flag monument during the 2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections protests.
Parque Colón.
Church and Convent of los Dominicos, is the oldest Catholic building in continuous use in the Americas, and also, according to the UNESCO, it was the headquarters of the first university in the Americas.
Plaza de España.
Neighborhoods of Santo Domingo.
The National Palace, in Santo Domingo
Acropolis center, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Silver Sun Gallery mall and hotel, 2012.
Reserve Bank of Santo Domingo.
The Palace of the Viceroy of Santo Domingo was the first (oldest) headquarters of Spanish power in the New World. Now houses the Museo de las Casas Reales
Alcázar de Colón is the only known residence of a member of the Christopher Columbus' family: his first-born son Diego Columbus.
Museo del Ámbar
National Botanical Garden
Entrance of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD)
Santo Domingo Metro.
Metro Station.
Don Diego terminal.
27 de Febrero av.
Estadio Quisqueya baseball stadium in Santo Domingo
Estadio Quisqueya baseball stadium
Edificio Baquero
Edificio Diez
Edificio Cerame
Santo Domingo's modern architecture
Statue of Antonio de Montesino
John F. Kennedy Avenue, Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo at night
Anacaona Avenue in Santo Domingo. Mirador del Sur park
Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor
National pantheon

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina

🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain

Managua

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Capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and the center of an eponymous department.

Capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and the center of an eponymous department.

Managua, 1849
Managua at night
Astronaut view of Managua
View of Lake Managua from Tipitapa.
Inter-Continental Hotel and Metrocentro Mall
One of Managua's growing number of malls – Galerias Santo Domingo
Trees of Life installation on the streets of Managua
National Palace in Managua
Vista of the Tiscapa Lagoon and the city of Managua.
2,100-year-old human footprints called "Huellas de Acahualinca"
The New Cathedral in Managua
Xiomara Blandino, Miss Nicaragua 2007.
During the Santo Domingo festival some people cover themselves in a mix of grease and motor oil to pay promises to the saints while others wear masks and costumes.
Celebrating the annual "Alegria por la vida" Carnaval in 2007.
Matrix Bar y Discoteca (no longer in business) located near the Zona Rosa
Nicaraguans have a strong interest in baseball, which has become a major sport in the country as well as a part of the nation's culture.
Old Downtown, Managua on Roosevelt Avenue
Managua transit map
Side view of a typical bus

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina

🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain

Moscow

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Capital and largest city of Russia.

Capital and largest city of Russia.

Vladimir-Suzdal, a principality on the northeastern periphery of Kievan Rus', grew into the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
Spassky Cathedral (Moscow's oldest extant building), built c. 1357
The Spasskaya Tower, built in 1491
Saint Basil's Cathedral, built in 1561
View of 17th-century Moscow (1922 drawing by Apollinary Vasnetsov)
"Sigismundian" Plan of Moscow (1610), named after Sigismund III of Poland, is the last city plan compiled before the destruction of the city in 1612 by retreating Polish troops and subsequent changes to the street network. Orientation: north is at the right, west at the top
Moskva riverfront in the 19th century
Bookshops at the Novospassky Bridge in the 17th century, by Apollinary Vasnetsov
Napoleon retreating from the city during the Fire of Moscow, after the failed French Invasion of Russia
Cathedral Square during the coronation of Alexander I, 1802, by Fyodor Alekseyev
City plan of Moscow, 1917
Funeral procession at the funeral of Joseph Stalin, 1953
Soviet parade outside Hotel Moskva on the Manezhnaya Square, 1964
Victory Day celebration on Red Square, May 9, 1975
View of the Floating bridge in Zaryadye Park, with the Red Square and the Moscow Kremlin in the distance
Tverskaya Street, the main radial street in the city
Satellite view of Moscow and its nearby suburbs
VDNKh after rain
Petrovsky Palace on Leningradsky Avenue in winter
Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, a masterpiece of Russian architecture
The State Historical Museum, an example of the Neo-Russian style
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, an example of Neo-Byzantine architecture
GUM department store, facing the Red Square
Ostankino Tower, the tallest freestanding structure in Europe, and the eighth-tallest in the world
One of the Seven Sisters, Hotel Ukraina, is the tallest hotel in Europe, and one of the tallest hotels in the world
Zhivopisny Bridge, the highest cable-stayed bridge in Europe
Modern methods of skyscraper construction were implemented in the city for the first time with the ambitious MIBC.
Borovitskaya square, Monument to Vladimir the Great and Pashkov House
Gorky Park
Dream Island, the largest indoor theme park in Europe
Novodevichy Convent is a World Heritage Site.
The Church of Ascension in Kolomenskoye is a World Heritage Site.
Tretyakov Gallery
The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
The Luzhniki Stadium hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final.
SC Olimpiyskiy was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics.
CSKA Arena during a game of KHL, considered to be the second-best ice hockey league in the world
The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, which hosted games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Arbat Street, in the historical centre of Moscow
Government of Moscow
The House of the Government of the Russian Federation
A BMW 5 Series of the Moscow Police on patrol
Territorial change of Moscow from 1922 to 1995
Moscow International Business Center, one of the largest financial centres of Europe and the world
Moscow Exchange
Tretyakovsky Proyezd
Nikolskaya Street
Moscow State University
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
The main building of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University
The Moscow Conservatory building
The Russian State Institute of Cinematography, the world's oldest film school
Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow Metro route map with planned stations
Mayakovskaya station opened in 1938.
Two trains of the Moscow Monorail
Moscow has the largest fleet of electric buses in Europe, with 500 operating.
Cable cars passing across the Moskva River and the Luzhniki Stadium
A Vityaz-M tram passing by the Tverskaya Zastava Square
Tram map of Moscow
Komsomolskaya Square known as Three Station Square thanks to three ornate rail terminal situated there: Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky, and Kazansky
The high-speed Sapsan train links Moscow with Saint Petersburg.
"Lastochka" train on "Luzhniki" station (Line 14)
An EG2Tv train arriving at the Moscow Belorussky railway station
Map of the Moscow Central Diameters
Intersection at Tverskaya Zastava Square
Sheremetyevo, the busiest airport in Russia, is ranked as the fifth-busiest airport in Europe.
, Moscow has the largest fleet of carsharing vehicles in the world, with more than 30,000 cars.
The 2020 development concept of Moscow International Business Center and its adjacent territory implies the construction of even more skyscrapers during the period of 2020–2027.
The RTRN building
Otkrytiye Arena, home of FC Spartak Moscow
VEB Arena, home of PFC CSKA Moscow
VTB Arena, home of FC Dynamo Moscow and HC Dynamo Moscow
RZD Arena, home of FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Alexander Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature was born in Moscow in 1799.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821.
Alexander Suvorov was born in Moscow in 1730.
Peter the Great was born in Moscow in 1672.

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