In 1254, in the city of Leiria, he held the first session of the Cortes, a general assembly comprising the nobility, the middle class and representatives of all municipalities.

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.

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.

Finding Rome locked against him and held by Ageltrude, he had to take the city by force on 21 February 896, freeing the pope.

The city is home to the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, an annual arts and crafts festival held one weekend during early April, when the native dogwoods are in bloom.

While previously held elsewhere within or near the capital city, since 1918 it has been held on the Champs-Élysées, with the evident agreement of the Allies as represented in the Versailles Peace Conference, and with the exception of the period of German occupation from 1940 to 1944.

Victory parades are often held for triumphant sports teams, who often tour their home town or city in an open-top bus.

In the Beano's home city of Dundee, a special exhibition was held at the University of Dundee featuring original artwork and other memorabilia loaned from D. C. Thomson-it ran until 20 September 2008.

The direct result of the battle of Schwetz / Świecino was that the city of Danzig and Pomerania were freed from Teutonic Order danger so that the royal and municipal armed forces could be used elsewhere in the war, mainly to protect the Vistula waterway and to capture the Teutonic held strongholds.

The short-lived Bolognese Republic, proclaimed in 1796 as a French client republic in the Central Italian city of Bologna, had a government consisting of nine consuls and its head of state was the Presidente del Magistrato, i. e., chief magistrate, a presiding office held for four months by one of the consuls.

However, an Assyrian king Ashur-uballit II held out at the Assyrian city of Harran, resisting until 605 BC, when the remnants of the Assyrian Army and an Egyptian force were defeated at Karchemish.

At various periods, and particularly during the Middle Ages, the citadel-having its own fortifications, independent of the city walls-was the last defence of a besieged army, often held after the town had been conquered.

A city where the citadel held out against an invading army was not considered conquered.

For example, in the 1543 Siege of Nice the Ottoman forces led by Barbarossa conquered and pillaged the town itself and took many captives-but the city castle held out, due to which the townspeople were accounted the victors.

Similarly, rebels who took power in the city but with the citadel still held by the former rulers could by no means regard their tenure of power as secure.

As late as the 19th century, a similar situation developed at Antwerp, where a Dutch garrison under General David Hendrik Chassé held out in the city's citadel between 1830 and 1832, while the city itself had already become part of the independent Belgium.

Pan-American Cheerleading Championships ( PCC ): The PCC was held for the first time in 2009 in the city of Latacunga, Ecuador and is the continental championship organised by the Pan-American Federation of Cheerleading ( PFC ).

The Council of Chalcedon was a church council held from October 8 to November 1, 451 AD, at Chalcedon ( a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor ), on the Asian side of the Bosporus, known in modern times as Istanbul.

When Napoleon arrived, he reorganized the defenses, while realizing that without cannon, the city could not be held.

The Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally | Cholistan Jeep Rally is held in the city every year in the Cholistan desert

Cyril was clearly held with high regard by many members of the Church and was able to sustain his place in the History of Jerusalem, despite serious charges and punishments that included banish for years at a time from his position and his city of Jerusalem.

Many county towns are in fact cities, but all are referred to as county towns irrespective of whether city status is held or not.

Jousts are held in a meadow outside the city.

Another legend held that Apollo walked to Delphi from the north and stopped at Tempe, a city in Thessaly, to pick laurel ( also known as bay tree ) which he considered to be a sacred plant.

The night before the final assault, he studied the previous attempts to take the city.

In the game's final cutscene, the camera pans over a verdant field complete with flowers and bunny rabbits, only to reveal a burning city and a bunny's head impaled on a stake: the demons have invaded Earth, paving the way for Doom II: Hell on Earth.

Knights can be promoted through three ranks, although promotion to the final rank is a special ability granted by the city improvement the Fortress.

Much of his life and his whole career coincided with the struggle between Athens and Sparta for hegemony in Greece but he didn't live to see the final defeat of his city.

The plague ravaged the densely packed city, and in the long run, was a significant cause of its final defeat.

At approximately 9: 40 AM Eastern Daylight Time on April 27, 2012 Enterprise took off from Dulles International Airport en-route to a fly-by over the Hudson River, New York's JFK International Airport, the Statue of Liberty, the George Washington and Verrazano-Narrows Bridges, and several other landmarks in the city ; in an approximately 45-minute " final tour ".

As previously mentioned, this would be the seventh and final ( to date ) Super Bowl in the Los Angeles area, tying New Orleans at the time for the city to host the most Super Bowls.

The local councils are charged with hearing the important issues that affect the district, although the final decision on any issue rests with the city council.

Lastly, a Gaius is referred to in a final greeting portion of the Epistle to the Romans ( Romans 16: 23 ) as Paul's " host " and also host of the whole church, in whatever city Paul is writing from at the time.

The journey was designed to connect Shanghai Pudong International Airport quickly ( approximately 7 mins train ride ) to the outskirts of central Shanghai where passengers could interchange for their final destinations in the city centre.

Due to the proprietary technology the Maglev Trains couldn't be incorporated into the Shanghai Metro and became a " train to nowhere " as its final stop is another 20 mins connection to the city centre via the Shanghai Metro.

* May 14 Dundee United FC are crowned Champions of Scotland for the first time in their history by winning the Scottish Premier League on the final day of the league season at the home of their city rivals Dundee FC at Dens Park

* March 27, 1966: Walt Disney produced his final film, a promotional where he tells Florida residents the plans for Walt Disney World and EPCOT the city

The event was led by the Greek Orthodox community, but the celebrations were public and inter-communal and brought everyone together for one final celebration in the Kurtuluş district of the city.

Jesus sent only John and Peter into the city to make the preparation for the final Passover meal ( the Last Supper ).

It marked the second and final time that the International Olympic Committee would gather to vote in a city which was bidding to host those Games.

Daley chaired his final city council meeting on Wednesday morning, May 11, 2011.

However, he returned a year later with a vengeance and won a victory which ended in the fifth and final capture of the city by the Romans in 299.

Although the Carthaginians recaptured the city in 255 BC the final peace settlement gave Punic Sicily and with it Akragas to Rome.

The final route ( in heavy rain ) took the following course: Hammersmith, Kensington ( blocked ), Kensington Gore ( blocked ), Hyde Park, Park Lane ( blocked ), return to Hyde Park where soldiers forced the gates open, Cumberland Gate ( blocked ), Edgware Road, Tottenham Court Road, Drury Lane, the Strand, and from there was forced into the city centre.

The city hosts the final four of the annual Toulon Tournament – an international under 21 football tournament.

In the final year of his reign, the important port city of Leptis Magna was sacked by the Berbers.

Players are required to say a name of a city or town that ends with the final letter of the previous word.

On June 5, arrived by train to their final destination, the city of Pitrufquén, located south of Temuco, near the hamlet of Donguil.

In 331 BCE, Alexander the Great captured Babylon and ordered repairs to the Etemenanki ; when he returned to the ancient city in 323 BCE, he noted that no progress had been made, and ordered his army to demolish the entire building, to prepare a final rebuilding.