Sentences with phrase «seafaring city»

From here travel to the capital of Portugal, Lisbon, a great seafaring city situated near where the Tagus River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

In January of 2012 the Costa Concordia, the largest luxury liner built in Italy, manufactured at the Fincantieri shipyards in the ancient seafaring city of Genoa to the highest standards of safety specified by law, struck a reef in the Mediterranean, and partially capsized, killing dozens of people.

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In no other coastal city in Norway is the importance of fishing, seafaring, and life lived by the water more pronounced.

Seville, capital of Andalusia, Roman city, Arabic, renaissance, baroque, American, Mary - devoted, flamenco, bullfighting, modern, festive, luminous, perfumed, seafaring, traditional, hospitable, gracious, cosmopolitan, religious... All these adjectives and many more that could be added to describe this city, that aside from personifying the typical «Spanish» and «andaluz», has so many attractive artistic, cultural, social and tourist qualities that has converted it into one of the most universal, well - known and most - visited cities in the world, cradle of inspiration for writers, painters and artists in general.

This coincided with the period when the city was ruled by the Itzae, a group of seafaring warrior traders or Putun from Chontal Maya territory in Tabasco and Campeche who had political and commercial ties with central Mexican cultures.

Founded as a Viking fishing village in the 10th century, Copenhagen is a city with deep links to its seafaring past.

Hull's economy was traditionally built on seafaring, but despite the slow decline of the fishing industry the city remains a busy port.