It was to provide a safe and spacious crossing for these caravans, and also to make a pleasance for the city, that Shah Abbas 2, in about 1657 built, of sun-baked brick, tile, and stone, the present bridge.

I think that we are here also talking of the kind of fear that a young boy has for a group of boys who are approaching at night along the streets of a large city.

The city was a center of manufacture, especially in textiles, and also because of the beauty of some of its surroundings, a residence for many owners of the great industries in north Alabama.

Assessors in Rhode Island are charged not only with placing a valuation upon real and personal property, but they also have the responsibility to raise by a tax `` a sum not less than nor more than '' a specified amount as ordered by a city council or financial town meeting.

And they also had the lights of the city, the port wall lanterns, and a shore crane's spotlight to guide on.

At Berger's direction, the city also intervened in the Hughes bankruptcy case in U. S. District Court in a move preliminary to filing a claim there.

The largest city in the Aegean Region of Turkey is İzmir, which is also the country's third largest city and second largest port after Istanbul.

The last Assyrian city to fall was Harran in south east Anotolia, this city was also the birthplace of the last king of Babylon, the Assyrian Nabonidus and his son and regent Belshazzar.

Rambert informs Tarrou of his escape plan, but when Tarrou tells him that others in the city, including Dr. Rieux, also have loved ones outside the city whom they are not allowed to see, Rambert becomes sympathetic and changes his mind.

The Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture states that the statuary was indeed Mary the mother of Jesus, also noting Gaudi's devoutness, and notes that the owner decided not to include it after Semana Trágica, an outbreak of anticlericalism in the city.

In French, and sometimes ( especially earlier ) also in English, the city is known as Aix-la-Chapelle ().

There are also a few parts of both medieval city walls left, most of them integrated into more recent buildings, but some others still visible.

Alfonso also moved the capital from Pravia, where Silo had located it, to Oviedo, the city of his father's founding and his birth.

* Amastris, who was believed to be the eponym of the city previously known as Kromna, although the city was also thought to have been named after the historical Amastris

* Ephesos, a Lydian Amazon, after whom the city of Ephesus was thought to have been named ; she was also said to have been the first to honor Artemis and to have surnamed the goddess Ephesia.

The epistates ( ἐπιστάτης ), an official selected by lot for a single day from among the currently presiding prytany, chaired that day's meeting of the boule and, if there was one, that day's meeting of the assembly ; he also held the keys to the treasury and the seal to the city, and welcomed foreign ambassadors.

Abadan (, Arabic: عبادان, also Romanized as Ābādān ) is a city in and the capital of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran.

Apart from the city of Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory also contains agricultural land ( sheep, dairy cattle, vineyards and small amounts of crops ) and a large area of national park ( Namadgi National Park ), much of it mountainous and forested.

Around the same time, due to encouragement from influential speaker Themistocles, the Athenians also constructed the Long Walls connecting their city to the Piraeus, its port, making it effectively invulnerable to attack by land.

N11 prefixes such as 211, 311 and 511 are also often disappearing as test numbers as these codes are reassigned to local services such as community information, city hall, road conditions or non-emergency police inquiries.

The city is also part of the larger Detroit – Ann Arbor – Flint, MI CSA.

The city also boasts a GDP per capita of 200, 4 % ( 2008 ) of Poland's average.

Toledo was the first city in Ohio to adopt a one percent for arts program and, as such, boasts many examples of public, outdoor art.

However, the city boasts an excellent public transit system using a fleet of modern buses, and is beginning to plan for a rapid transit link to the western communities.

Oldest city in the region, despite its ancient foundation-Ρηγιον was an important and flourishing colony of Magna Graecia-it boasts a modern urban system, set up after the catastrophic earthquake on December 28, 1908, which destroyed most of the city.

Ionian Greeks took advantage of opportunities for coastal raiding: an inscription of Sargon II ( ca 709-07, recording a naval expedition of 715 ) boasts " in the midst of the sea " he had " caught the Ionians like fish and brought peace to the land of Que Cilicia and the city of Tyre ".

The city boasts a number of private and parochial schools.

Melbourne is an exception here however, and today boasts the largest tram network of any city in the world.

It is worth noting that Bydgoszcz boasts the largest city park in Poland ( 830 ha ).

In the Iliad, he boasts that he captured the city of Thebes, while his father, fighting among the Seven Against Thebes, died attempting the same thing.

In retail, the city not only has the assortment of international big-box retailers now ubiquitous in larger Bulgarian cities, but boasts made-in-Varna national chains with locations spreading over the country such as retailer Piccadilly, restaurateur Happy, and pharmacy chain Sanita.

Since the 1930s, the city of John Day has served as the main economic center of the county, and boasts the largest population.

As the county seat, the city of Morgan boasts a historic Courthouse.

Limerick is widely regarded to be the Irish spiritual home of Rugby union which is very popular in the county, but is mostly focused around Limerick city, which boasts many of Ireland's most celebrated All-Ireland League teams ; Garryowen, Shannon, Old Crescent, Young Munster are among the most prominent.

Situated close to the Austrian border, Sopron receives many visitors from Vienna ( 70 km away ), and from Bratislava, Slovakia ( 77 km away ), as well as from the United States, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Japan, and Scandinavia, who visit to take advantage of the excellent low-cost dental services offered: Sopron boasts so many dental clinics — more than 300 — that the city is known as the " dental capital of the world.

The city also boasts an annual UFO conference and several auto shows, including a Mustang show in April, a Corvette show during the first weekend in October, and a Volkswagen show is held in August.

Cabot boasts a movie theater and larger city library built in the late 1990s, plus a growing number of restaurants, amateur sporting venues and community organizations.

The city of Reedley boasts various types of educational institutions to offer the community.

Los Coyotes Country Club, located in the northeast of the city, boasts a 27-hole championship course originally designed by Billy Bell in 1957 and redesigned by Ted Robinson in 1998.

The city also boasts three bakeries.

The city boasts many amenities that other cities of similar size lack ; among these is a regional transportation center.

Today the city boasts churches, schools, and numerous businesses.

The 2½ square-mile city now boasts an estimated population of 4, 400 residents.

The city boasts that 100, 000 people use it every year and it is a boon to the community for recreation, lawn sports, as well as being heavily attended for auctions, concerts, conventions, flea markets, galas, graduations, lectures, orchid and flower shows, and a full range of trade shows of interest to the community.