On Fridays, the day when many Persians relax with poetry, talk, and a samovar, people do not, it is true, stream into Chehel Sotun -- a pavilion and garden built by Shah Abbas 2, in the seventeenth century -- but they do retire into hundreds of pavilions throughout the city and up the river valley, which are smaller, more humble copies of the former.

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.

Even when they are finished, however, the contrast will remain, for Istanbul is the only city in the world that is built upon two continents.

A third option is to have the players portray Corwin's children, in an Amber-like city built around Corwin's pattern ; this is sometimes called an " Argent " game, since one of Corwin's heraldic colours is Silver.

Acapulco ’ s most historic building is the San Diego Fort, located east of the main square and originally built in 1616 to protect the city from pirate attacks.

The city suffered extreme overcrowding and deplorable sanitary conditions up to 1875 when the medieval fortifications were finally abandoned as a limit to building operations and new, less miserable quarters were built in the eastern part of the city, where drainage of waste liquids was easiest.

While the emperor's palace no longer exists, the church built by Charlemagne is still the main attraction of the city.

An acropolis (; akros, akron, edge, extremity + polis, city ; plural: acropoleis or acropolises ) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground — frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen for purposes of defense.

The first known mention of the city of Akkad is in an inscription of Enshakushanna of Uruk, where he claims to have defeated Agade — indicating that it was in existence well before the days of Sargon of Akkad, whom the Sumerian King List claims to have built it.

Asser ’ s account of the raid places the Danish raiders at the Saxon city of Rochester, where they built a temporary fortress in order to besiege the city.

He was granted lands by the crown, and built the first fortification of the city that evolved into modern-day Copenhagen.

In 1167, Absalon was granted the land around the city of " Havn " (), and built there a castle in the coastal defense against the Wends.

High above the city, near the small town of South Fork, the South Fork Dam was originally built between 1838 and 1853 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of a canal system to be used as a reservoir for a canal basin in Johnstown.

In 1965, after a stadium ( Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium ), was built, the city of Atlanta felt the time was right to start pursuing professional football.

* In Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's collaboration Oath of Fealty ( 1982 ), much of the action is set in and around Todos Santos, an arcology built in a burnt-out section of Los Angeles that has evolved a separate culture from the city around it.

* In Final Fantasy VII the city of Midgar and the military base of Junon ( both are built by the Shinra Company ) are examples of arcology.

Some also claim it to be the oldest subway tunnel in the world, as it was built by the cut and cover method under a city street, specifically for the purposes of improved public safety, attaining grade separation and enhanced railway operations.

In Quebec City, municipal officials built a 3 metre ( 10 ft ) high wall around the portion of the city where the Summit of the Americas was being held, which only residents, delegates to the summit, and certain accredited journalists were allowed to pass through.

When the work was completed, three dragons rushed against the wall, and while the two of them which attacked those parts of the wall built by the gods fell down dead, the third forced its way into the city through the part built by Aeacus.

Aelia Capitolina (; Latin in full: Colonia Aelia Capitolina ) was a city built by the emperor Hadrian, and occupied by a Roman colony, on the site of Jerusalem, which was in ruins since 70 AD, leading in part to the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132 – 136.

Aelia came from Hadrian's nomen gentile, Aelius, while Capitolina meant that the new city was dedicated to Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom a temple was built on the site of the former Jewish temple, the Temple Mount.

To spite the city and an unsympathetic neighbor, Froling built a house wide, long and high on the tiny strip of land left to him.

The local rodeo grounds are west of the city park and are the location of a yearly PRCA rodeo.

By 1964 the town had a new hospital, a post office, school buildings, a community center, a rodeo area, and a golf course, along with a city park and improved water system.

Every year on the 4th of July the city celebrates with a festive carnival, and hosts the logger rodeo parade.

Founded in 1958 by Neal Gay as a permanent rodeo ( as opposed to many other rodeos that would move from town to town ), the rodeo struggled in the early years, but grew as the city of Mesquite grew.

The city is known for its annual rodeo and Mardi Gras street parade every August.

She would travel to do interviews, and she became grand marshal of Douglas ' town rodeo parade in 1939, riding a horse through the streets of the border city.

In 2009, the campus of Lon Morris would soon grow to the west, with a gift from the city of Jacksonville of a municipal activity center ( formerly a Texas National Guard armory ), a rodeo arena, and land surrounding both.

The college will still allow annual events for the Tops-in-Texas Rodeo to continue at the rodeo arena without any financial outlays from the city.

The rodeo brings roughly 50, 000 people every year to the city of Pendleton.

Minneapolis is the only city and the Metrodome is the only arena to host all three events in a 12-month span ( all three of these events aired on CBS, who would go on to purchase their Twin Cities affiliate, WCCO-TV, later in the year ).

During his administration, Daley ruled the city with an iron hand and dominated the political arena of the city and, to a lesser extent, that of the entire state.

Chickasaw Bricktown BallparkThere are several other stadiums and arenas in the city, including the arena inside the Cox Convention Center, the State Fair Arena, Taft Stadium, the Don E. Porter Hall of Fame Stadium, and Abe Lemons Arena which is located at Oklahoma City University.

The NFL's Houston Texans revived the name of the WFL's franchise for that city ; " Texans " has also been used by an NFL Dallas team in 1952 – the remnants of which became the Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts, by an AFL Dallas team in the early 1960s – who became the Kansas City Chiefs, by an arena football team in Dallas in the early 1990s, and by a CFL San Antonio team for one year in the 1990s.

Eventually, Shinn issued an ultimatum: unless the city built a new arena at no cost to him, the Hornets would leave town.

The veto prompted many of the city's black ministers to oppose the referendum ; they felt it was immoral for the city to build a new arena when city employees weren't paid enough to make a living.

After the failed referendum, city leaders devised a plan to build a new arena in a way that did not require voter support, but made it known that they would not even consider building it unless Shinn sold the team.

Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the longest active major sporting facility in the New York metropolitan area and the fourth incarnation of the arena in the city, following the previous Madison Square Garden, which operated from 1925 to 1968.

The periphery of the arena will permit city views.

Just a few miles south of the city limits, in Fort Mohave, is the Mojave Crossing Event Center, an arena with a seating capacity of 5, 000.

In June 2005, Sedgwick County voters approved a sales tax raise to build a new arena downtown to replace the aging Kansas Coliseum, located north of the city.

The city also features a historic downtown area, boardwalk, marina, museum, lighthouse, and the McMorran Place arena and entertainment complex.

The city offers more than fifty recreation programs for all age groups, an NHL-size ice arena and twelve parks.

* Salisbury city park features a playground, horse arena, tennis court, ball field, and picnic area.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Billings also saw the completion of other important buildings in its downtown core ; the Norwest Building ( now Wells Fargo ), Granite Tower, Sage Tower the MetraPark arena, the TransWestern Center, many new city owned parking garages and the First Interstate Tower, now the tallest building in a five state area.

The city is also home to a community center, an ice arena, Little Creek Park, Timberland Park and Joplin Park.

The best arena to do that is the municipality — the city, town, and village — where we have an opportunity to create a face-to-face democracy.

The city compensated for this by increased attention in the religious arena: in 1559 it was proclaimed the Archdiocese of Mechelen, for Belgium not sharing this title with Brussels until 1961.

From this moment the city has become the arena of numerous attacks and battles between Ukrainian Cossaks, Russia and Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth.

Owen Sound is the smallest city in Ontario ( and one of the smallest in Canada ) to host an Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ) Major Junior Hockey team, in the Owen Sound Attack who play at the Bayshore Community Centre arena.

Council's commitment to build the facility resulted in IceDogs ' owner Bill Burke promising to sign a 20-year lease with the city after he threatened to move his team if the city chose not to build a new arena.