Sentence examples for as a modern town from inspiring English sources

Otaru developed as a modern town in the late 19th century.

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Lomé, at the western end of the coast, was selected as the colonial capital in 1897, a modern town was laid out, and in 1904 a jetty was built.

Situated on the site of the Roman settlement Coriovallum (with remains of a Roman bath), it is essentially a modern town that grew rapidly as the centre of the Dutch coal-mining district.

Her hometown Kanazawa is described by the artist as a "miniature garden" that retains the resources of a modern town while still remaining hands-off from urban temptations.

Melilla, conquered in 1497, is a modern town with a distinctive old quarter.

What little industry remains (namely a few tool machine companies) struggles on; the local government's goal is to rebrand Zlin as a modern college town centered around the seven-year-old Tomas Bata University.

At the Oglethorpe Mall in Savannah, whose food court and carousel serve as a modern-day town square, the wisdom of making the change was up for debate.

The passageway, cobbled and tree-planted and far more charming than the surrounding area, will lead you to a cool modern town house known as the Box in Paris.

Herculaneum lay as much as 23 metres below its modern town, so tourist access was through a treacherous series of tunnels.

But he's dreaming much bigger: Stice's ultimate plan is to build what he describes as the world's most sustainable modern town, a thriving eco-society in the middle of the jungle where residents and visitors alike can live in harmony with their natural surroundings.