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Empire City

The Greatest City In The World

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Contains Tiananmen Square Beijing
Folded square building "big boxer shorts" by Rem Koolhaas Beijing
Contains Dongcheng and Xicheng districts Beijing
CCTV Tower contains mausoleum "Big boxer shorts" Beijing
"Walkie Talkie" building blinds people London
Christopher Wren designs St. Paul's here London
Banqueting place in Palace of Whitehall London
Renzo Piano designs The Shard in the city London
Highest point is Tai Mo Shan Hong Kong
A large statue of Buddha is on Lantau Island Hong Kong
Contains a "fragrant harbor" on the Pearl River Delta Hong Kong
Gin Drinker's Bay located in Rambler Channel Hong Kong
Airport located at Chek Lap Kok on reclaimed land, which includes Victoria Peak and Kowloon Peninsula Hong Kong
Bakers invented croissants during a battle here Vienna
Suleiman The Magnificent (Ottoman Empire) was stopped here Vienna
"I came, I saw, God conquered" Vienna
John III Sobieski wins a battle against the Turks here Vienna
Naval servicemen vs pachucos in Zoot Suit Riot Los Angeles
Watts Riots happened here Los Angeles
Rodney King Riots Los Angeles
Home to Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles
Elizabeth Short the "Black Dahlia" was murdered here Los Angeles
Famous Ghetto Uprising Warsaw
Chancellor Willy Brandt spontaneously kneels here Warsaw
Seat of the League of Nations Geneva
Once led by John Calvin Geneva
Reagan and Gorbachev has their first summit here Geneva
Murano Glass Museum Venice
The Bridge of Sighs The Rialto Bridge Venice
Onion domed St. Basil's Cathedral Moscow
Grand Princes of ____ Moscow
Great Molasses Flood Boston
Cariocas are natives Rio de Janeiro
Maracana Stadium Rio de Janeiro
Paper Wreck Lisbon
Art Deco Kavanagh building is first with centralized AC Buenos Aires
Teatro Colon Buenos Aires
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