Sentence examples for opulent city from inspiring English sources
Just across the strip of water that separates Lesbos from the mainland of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) was the opulent city of Sardis, the capital of Lydia.
After 40 days Ibn Khaldūn landed in Alexandria and shortly afterward was in Cairo, then, as now, by far the largest and most opulent city in the Arab world.
At their height the Mughals ruled over much of the land that today comprises India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, founding the opulent city of Shahjahanabad, now Old Dehli, in 1648.
His office is in the turn-of-the-century Surrogate's Court at 31 Chambers Street, an architectural treasure like the neighboring Municipal Building and the Tweed Courthouse, dating to a time when opulent city spending really meant something.
Here the Douro river pushes into the cold Atlantic and the city sits on one steep riverbank, with its thrusting towers and opulent city hall, its people defiant of austerity.
Spain is now saddled with a host of embarrassingly excessive projects, including Peter Eisenman's opulent City of Culture in Galicia, which opened last year, four times over budget, Oscar Niemeyer's handsome new gallery in Aviles, named in the Brazilian architect's honour, which was forced to close after six months, and Valencia's long-delayed, barely used Castellon Airport.
AT FIRST glance, Buenos Aires still looks like an opulent European city, its well-dressed citizens hurrying to work in the late-summer sunshine along streets still lined with boutiques and bookshops.
Yet even during this time, its fleet was establishing new colonies and opening new trading routes that turned Amsterdam into an opulent port city: its population jumped from 50,000 in 1600 to 200,000 in 1650.
Here, just moments from Centenary Square, with its opulent Venetian-style City Hall, the only rule is "don't poach trade from other girls".
Throughout the city, opulent buildings tell the story of the invaders, successors and conquerors that changed the fabric of Seville almost as quickly as the tide lapped the banks of the Guadalquivir River that passes through the city.
This city is opulent with trash.
