The most famous island cities in the world. Where is Mumbai and its main attractions? This city is built on seven islands

Lindau

This historical city is located in the eastern part of Lake Bodensee almost at the junction of three borders - Swiss, German and Austrian. Lindau is connected to the mainland by rail and bridge. The island is home to about three thousand inhabitants. The city has preserved a lot of wood-and-brick buildings from medieval times. This island city is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bavaria.

Santa Cruz del Istole

Unofficially, this tiny piece of land is considered the most populous island on the planet. Santa Cruz del Istole is located off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. About 1,200 people live on an island area of ​​one hectare. Only 90 houses were built here. There is not even a cemetery on the island, which is why local residents are forced to bury their loved ones on the next nearby island.

Isola dei Pescatori

About 50 people live on the fishermen's island, which is part of the Borromean archipelago. Isola dei Pescatori is located on Lake Maggiore. A narrow main street runs along the entire island, connecting cobbled alleys with a narrow promenade that surrounds the entire tiny island.

Mescaltitan

Unlike the islands presented above, Mescaltitan is an artificial island city. It is located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico. Since the city is built low and is surrounded by marshy canals, during the rainy season, from June to October, its streets are flooded with water. But Mescaltitan is popular among tourists not only due to its unusual location, but also due to the fact that there are a lot of shrimp here.

Trogir

The island city of Trogir is located near the Croatian city of Split. Among other European cities of the Middle Ages, Trogir is one of the best preserved. Its tiny medieval streets simply fascinate tourists. The architecture of the city easily combines two styles - Gothic and Romanesque. On a small territory of Trogir there are ancient fortresses, the stunning Cathedral of St. Lawrence and the beautiful medieval town hall.

Nessebar

The city of Nessebar is often called the “Pearl of the Black Sea”, and it is also a fairly rich city. The island contains the ancient part of the city, which is connected by a narrow artificial dam to the mainland. Unofficially, Nessebar is considered the city with the largest number of churches per capita. Also for the Orthodox East, this city has a rich and significant architectural heritage.

Flores

This island is located near the shore of Lake Peten Itza and is connected to the mainland by a causeway. Flores is visited by a lot of tourists because it is very close to the famous Mayan ruins of Tikal.

Male

It is the most populous city in the Maldives, and it is also the capital of the Maldives Republic. More than 100 thousand people live in Male. Since the area of ​​the island is very small, all the infrastructure is located right in the city. Water is obtained from desalinated groundwater, and electricity is generated in diesel generators installed on the island.

Manhattan

Manhattan is a famous New York area. It is, of course, not separate, but most of the most famous and popular tourist attractions in New York are concentrated here. This island is today considered one of the most densely populated island cities in the world - about 1.6 million people live here on an area of ​​59.5 square kilometers.

Venice

We will complete our review of island cities with the famous Venice, which is known throughout the world for its canal streets. The city is built on an archipelago consisting of 117 islands. All these tiny pieces of land are connected by 455 bridges. Water canals in the old city center serve as roads. Unfortunately, the islands are slowly sinking over the years. Over the past millennium, they have dropped by 2.8 inches every hundred years, and according to the latest statement by researchers, Venice has sunk 9.4 inches over the past century. For example, St. Mark's Square, which is considered the lowest in the city, is completely flooded with water during winter and autumn high tides.

It is difficult to imagine another city similar to Budapest: on the one hand, ancient, founded by the Romans, and on the other, formed only at the end of the 19th century; on the one hand, Hungarian, and on the other, the Austrians ruled here, and the Turks left their mark.

When in 1896 Budapest vigorously celebrated the 1000th anniversary of the arrival of the Hungarian tribes (Magyars) in these parts, no one could have imagined that after just half a century little would remain of the city. Stubborn battles for the liberation of Budapest from the Nazis in February 1945 on the Danube led to the destruction of three-quarters of the city.

The restoration took 20 years, although in some places restoration work is still ongoing. Now Budapest is a completely modern city, although looking at its elegant streets and leisurely inhabitants, you might think that it is frozen in the 19th century. A brilliant example is Andrássy Avenue, built in 1872-1884. This is almost the only street in the world where the buildings and layout have never changed. This is largely why the entire avenue was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

As in many cities located on large rivers, bridges have become one of the symbols of Budapest. There are eight of them in total, each of them has its own history, but the most interesting is the Széchenyi chain bridge. It was built in 1842-1849 and became the first bridge across the Danube, connecting the cities of Buda and Pest. According to one legend, Count Istvan Széchenyi, who financed the construction of the bridge, was late for his father’s funeral due to the lack of a crossing, after which he vowed to build a stone bridge. Like all bridges, it was blown up by the Germans in 1945, but then carefully restored to its original form.
Another symbol of Budapest is the amazingly beautiful Parliament building. When Hungary was officially declared an independent state in 1867, it needed to have its own parliament. Nevertheless, the Austrian emperor remained the head of state, and the Hungarians had to wait another thirteen years before permission was received to build a special building for parliament. It was built in 1884-1906 in the neo-Gothic style, and, interestingly, the first meeting of the Hungarian parliament was held in it 10 years before the completion of construction.

Peace to you, Irina!

It is wonderful that you are studying the book of Revelation.

"Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are the seven mountains on which the woman sits."
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According to historians, the legend that Moscow stands, like Rome, on seven hills, was born in the late 15th - early 16th centuries - at a time when Moscow became the capital of the centralized Russian state. From comparing it with Rome, which stands on seven hills (“Moscow is the third Rome”), this idea arose.

For information: the first Rome does not mean the Eternal City with the Colosseum, where Christians were thrown to the lions, but the city of St. Peter, which ultimately became the capital of Christians; Constantinople, the stronghold of the Orthodox for a thousand years, was known as the second Rome. All that remains of its great past are the Turkified colossal Sophia, obelisks, and ruins of walls that did not save the capital of Byzantium, which became Istanbul, from the Muslims.

Many cities want to attribute to themselves such a “super-meaning” associated with 7 hills - but where is truth and where is fiction is difficult to judge: Khanty-Mansiysk, Shakhty, Amman (Jordan), Vilnius, Prague, Edinburgh, Yekaterinburg, Karlovy Vary, Kirov , Kaliningrad, Kiev, Barnaul, Brussels, Romanov-Borisoglebsk (Tutaev), Lisbon, Vladimir, Samara, Serpukhov, Murom, Istanbul, Velikiye Luki, Bergen (Norway), Vyatka, Smolensk, City of Seven Hills (Ohio, USA), Talsi (Latvia), Cheboksary, Dnepropetrovsk, Rezenke (Latvia), Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk, Rome.

For this reason, Revelation most likely refers to Rome.

Blessings,
Victor

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Island cities are a very common phenomenon throughout the world. Looking at their unique arrangement, Daniel Defoe comes to mind with his story about Robinson Crusoe. The following thoughts come to mind: Robinson is not a fictional character; there are many “Robinsons” in the world; All of them, after arriving on their uninhabited islands, founded cities. We bring to your attention 10 island cities.

Lindau

The historic town of Lindau is located near the meeting point of the Austrian, German and Swiss borders, in the eastern part of Lake Constance (Bodensee). The town is connected to the mainland by bridge and railway and has about 3,000 inhabitants. Full of medieval and half-timbered buildings, the island city is quite a popular tourist attraction.

Santa Cruz del Istole

Located on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, Santa Cruz del Istole is unofficially the most crowded island in the world. It has about 90 houses and about 1,200 people inhabit the island of about 1 hectare. The islanders bury their dead relatives on a nearby island because there is no space for a cemetery on the island they inhabit.

Isola dei Pescatori

Isola dei Pescatori (fishermen's island) is the northernmost of the three main Borromean islands in Lago Maggiore. population about 50 people. A narrow street running along the spine of the island connects cobbled alleys to the promenade that surrounds the island.

Mescaltitan

Mescaltitan is a small artificial island city off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The city lies low in the marshy canals that surround it, and during the rainy season from June to October, water floods all the streets. Apart from being a tourist attraction, it is also a shrimp town.

Trogir

Located near the city of Split, Trogir is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe. Tiny medieval streets charm tourists. The architecture easily combines Romanesque and Gothic styles. Trogir is home to the stunning Venetian Cathedral of St. Lawrence, the town hall and medieval fortresses.

Nessebar

Often referred to as the "Pearl of the Black Sea", Nessebar is a wealthy city. The ancient part of the city is located on an island and is connected to the mainland by a narrow artificial dam. Nessebar is sometimes called the city with the largest number of churches per capita. This city also represents the rich architectural heritage of the Orthodox East.

Flores

Flores is located on the shores of Lake Peten Itza. It is connected to the mainland by a causeway. For many tourists, the main reason to visit Flores is its proximity to the famous Mayan ruins of Tikal.

Male

Male is the capital and most populous city in the Maldives. More than 100,000 people live on the small island. Since there are no neighborhoods, all infrastructure must be located in the city itself. Water is supplied from desalinated water in the ground, and electricity is generated into the city using diesel generators.

Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York. Manhattan is actually the city that includes most of New York City's most famous landmarks. Today, Manhattan is one of the most populous island cities in the world, with a population of 1,634,795 inhabitants (2008) and a land area of ​​59.47 km2.

Venice

World famous for its canals, Venice is built on an archipelago of 117 islands that are connected by 455 bridges. In the old center, canals serve as roads. The islands are slowly sinking. During high tides in autumn and winter, Piazza San Marco, the lowest part of the island, becomes completely submerged. Over the past 1,000 years, it has dropped by about 7 centimeters (2.8 inches) per century, and recent reports have stated that Venice has dropped by about 24 centimeters (9.4 inches) in the last century.

Rome seems to many to be a fairy-tale city full of myths and legends. Just look at its founding history, according to which Rome was built on seven hills, which became a kind of foundation and heart of the city. All of them are located on the eastern side of the Tiber River, each with its own history and unique charm. And although Rome is most often referred to as the city on seven hills, there are many other settlements in Europe built in a similar way. Among them are, for example, Moscow and Kyiv, as well as a number of other cities which will be discussed below.

Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon is the westernmost capital of the Old Continent, which, due to its geographical location, is often called the “Balcony of Europe”. It turns out that this city was also built on seven hills stretching above the mouth of the Tagus River. Each of them offers stunning views of the surrounding area, but to enjoy it the tourist will have to travel a considerable distance up and down each time. However, this does not stop most travelers - they circulate in a labyrinth of cobbled streets and steep climbs, which are sometimes helped up by ancient trams, which in recent years have become the face and calling card of Lisbon.

Bergen, Norway

The best way to admire Bergen, Norway's second largest city, is to climb Fløyen, one of the seven neighboring hills. You can get there, to an altitude of 320 meters, in two ways - along a walking trail or by cable car. The hill offers magnificent views of all the main attractions of the city center, the North Sea and ships, as well as the picturesque slopes with colorful houses.

Lviv, Ukraine

An unusual city full of monuments, it is famous for its magical atmosphere and historical architecture, testifying to the rich past of this place. Lviv, like many other European cities, was built on seven hills, the highest of which is Castle Hill (409 meters above sea level). From there you have a beautiful view of the Old Town, in addition, it is full of picturesque narrow streets, either going up or down. The local landscape makes walking very tiring, however, for a tourist this is rather a plus - stopping periodically to rest, you can get a better look at the city.

Lublin, Poland

Ravines, valleys, rivers and historical hills - this is all Lublin, built, like ancient Rome, on seven hills. By the way, they played a very important role in the history of the city - more than once they helped repel enemy attacks, contributed to the formation of the economic and defense parts of the Old Town, and on one of them, on the banks of the Bystrica, the Lublin Castle was built. The unusual location gives the city a very picturesque appearance and a special, mysterious character.

Athens, Greece

The capital of sunny Greece is a very popular tourist destination, a place visited by millions of travelers every year. Moreover, one of the most important cities of the ancient world is also located on seven hills. The most famous of these are the Acropolis and Lycabettos, where many of Greece's outstanding archaeological treasures are located. Although Athens is a fairly large metropolis, most of the tourist attractions are concentrated in a small area. And thanks to the city's location on seven hills, travelers can enjoy a beautiful panorama from different points.