Sentence examples for old capitals from inspiring English sources

That scene was an indictment, and the festering old capitals must be "extricated from their misery, come what may.

This time, most tourists we met were visiting only Budapest or had arrived from Vienna on one of the Danube cruises now connecting the two old capitals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

They came here to escape aristocratic societies where homes and privileges were awarded on a seniority system, and New York surpassed the old capitals of Europe because it welcomed these new people.

The view is of the huge moated square of the destroyed palace, now an army camp, and on the far hills, the golden pagodas of the religious heart of Burma today, the old capitals of Amarapura and Sagaing.

The book covers issues such as the rapid fall of influential moderate Bolsheviks, the formation of the dreaded Cheka, the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, the Red Terror, the national government's flight to Moscow, and the subsequent rivalry between Russia's new and old capitals.

LONDON — Leon E. Panetta's final weeklong trip to the old capitals of Europe initially had the feel of a valedictory lap, one that would nurture the trans-Atlantic alliance and give him the chance to dine in the Italy of his heritage.

The old capital was Arolsen.

The old capital developed haphazardly, like an enormous bazaar.

The unpronounceable old capital, Mtskheta, offers another spectacular view.

Here, in the calm beauty of Antigua, the old capital, three volcanoes loom on the horizon.

In Aden, the old capital of the south, two protesters were killed on February 16th.