Sentence examples for cities was founded from inspiring English sources

Sidon, one of the oldest Phoenician cities, was founded in the 3rd millennium bc and became prosperous in the 2nd.

Odessa, one of the world's unique cities, was founded by Empress Catherine II in 1794 on the northern shore of the Black Sea.

Freetown/New Haven Sister Cities was founded in 1996 and is the youngest of New Haven's six sister city relationships, albeit one with perhaps the oldest roots.

But the city's connection to Spain doesn't get the same recognition even though this metropolis of about 1.5 million residents and one of Texas' oldest cities, was founded by Spaniards in 1718 on the banks of the San Antonio River.

The University, situated in the ancient capital city of Xi'an, one of the four internationally renowned historical and cultural cities, was founded in 1944.

Moreover, old residential quarters of many modern Near Eastern cities are founded on such mounds.

Both cities were founded in the 17th century, and grew slowly over the years.

During his lifetime two garden cities were founded, both in Hertfordshire: Letchworth (1903) and Welwyn Garden City (1920).

Many start-ups in both cities were founded by immigrants: SoundCloud is run by two Swedes, Wonga by a South African.

As much as I'd wish it were otherwise, few cities were founded and designed around optimizing their energy efficiency.

Rivers were the main means of transportation and most cities were founded on them.