The city center retains a large number of monumental buildings, whereas in many streets there are canals of which the borders are connected by typical bridges, altogether making this city a notable tourist destination.

* Pope Benedict XVI, professor of theology at the University of Regensburg from 1969 to 1977, who retains the title, honorary professor ; he is not a former resident of the city of Regensburg, but his house, less than 1 kilometer from the city, lies in Pentling in the district of Regensburg.

Unlike Vladivostok, the city has never been closed to foreigners, despite it being the headquarters of the Far East Military District, and retains its historically international flavour.

The capital city of Gustavia retains its Swedish name.

Despite the existence of a large city of 5 million people, the Community of Madrid still retains some remarkably unspoiled and diverse habitats and landscapes.

" This is the third largest cathedral in the city, and retains the cloister of the second, located opposite the castle and destroyed during the Revolt of the Comuneros in 1520.

although it retains the privilege of calling itself a city.

The center of the city retains part of its historic character through the preservation of houses and other buildings from the era of the city's founding.

Although the chief center of population is now Roberta, a mile to its west, Knoxville ( no longer an incorporated city ) retains its designation as the county seat.

The downtown area still retains many turn-of-the-century building stock and is being preserved by the city ’ s development agency as a historic area.

With only one Shell gasoline station, Subway, Maricopa Inn, and a preschool-through-12th grade school, Maricopa is a fairly small city in the southwest San Joaquin Valley which retains its rural country flavor.

Haverhill residents were early advocates for the abolition of slavery, and the city still retains a number of houses which served as stops on the Underground Railroad.

The city retains several historic sites in addition to the Marine Mill, such as the General Store, built in 1870 ; the Stone House Museum, built in 1872 ; the Village Hall, built in 1888 ; the Lutheran Church ; and the Fire Hall.

The city nevertheless retains a considerable inventory of fine Victorian architecture from its flush mill town era.

Today the city retains its status as a major hub, both for industry and infrastructure.

Today, the city retains its status as a major hub, both for industry and infrastructure.

Belle Meade was absorbed into the metropolitan government of Nashville-Davidson County in 1963, but retains its independent city status, and its residents pay taxes both to the Metro government and to the City of Belle Meade.

Although Berry Hill is officially part of Metro Nashville, it retains its municipal status as a city.

Although the city is administered under the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, it retains its own municipal government.

With the loss of its charter, the city retains its name as a community, but is officially unincorporated Collin County.

Shelton has a unique form of government in the State of Washington, being the only city in the state which still retains the commission form of government.

Although it is nearly indistinguishable from the adjacent city of Tacoma, the predominantly residential area still retains its status as a separate municipality long after it ceased to be a company town.

However, the city continues to be home to many startups as well as a thriving biotech industry.

There are thriving communities throughout the world, and Lindy Hop can today be found in almost every large westernized city.

The city also has a thriving building industry, an effect of the nationwide economic boom experienced since 2002, when political stability returned with the end of the civil war.

Once a thriving vacation city on the coast, it is still the second largest city in Mozambique, with a population of 300, 000.

Around the excavated city of Ebla in northern Syria, an Italian mission led by Prof. Paolo Matthiae discovered evidence in 1975 of a great Semitic empire, spreading from the Red Sea north to Turkey and east to Mesopotamia and thriving from 2500 to 2400 BCE.

The young man sees ruins where the Martian sees a thriving city, while the Martian sees an ocean where Tomás sees the new Earth settlement.

Omaha has a thriving running community and many miles of paved running and biking trails throughout the city and surrounding communities.

The young Holbein learned his craft in his father's workshop in Augsburg, a city with a thriving book trade, where woodcut and engraving flourished.

Although the Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) capital at Chang ' an was the most thriving metropolis of China in its day, it was the city of Yangzhou — in proximity to the Grand Canal — that was the economic hub of the Tang era.

The national capital emerged as a thriving city after World War II, as Prime Minister Robert Menzies championed its development and the National Capital Development Commission was formed with executive powers.

Richmond recovered quickly from the war, and by 1782 was once again a thriving city.

By the 1920s Odessa had become a large, thriving city, complete with European architecture and electrified urban transport.

Since then, it has become the seventh most populated municipality in Spain, and a thriving services city.

Its location at the closest point of the Murray to Melbourne contributed to its development as a thriving river port city during the 19th century.

During the California Gold Rush, the Roark family " imported " a large number of attractive women to keep the miners happy, making a fortune and turning a struggling mining camp into a thriving, bustling city.

At the time of the American invasion of the Island in 1898, Ponce was already a thriving city, boasting the Island's main financial center, the Island's first communications link to another country, the best capitalized financial institutions, and even its own currency.

Although it had been a thriving city in Early Dynastic Sumer, especially Early Dynastic II, Uruk was ultimately annexed to the Akkadian Empire and went into decline.

By the late 13th century, with the Treaty of Nymphaeum of 1261, the offensive-defensive alliance between Michael VIII Palaeologus and Genoa that opened up the Black Sea to Genoese commerce, Varna had turned into a thriving commercial port city frequented by Genoese and later also by Venetian and Ragusan merchant ships.

Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance palazzi.

The suburb was incorporated as a separate city on November 8, 1950, and has since grown, by rapid development and annexation, into a thriving small city.

Today, the original city of Bisbee is known as " Old Bisbee ", and is home to a thriving downtown cultural scene.

Traveling the two blocks on Highway 49 the traveler can see signs of abandonment in this once thriving city, a contrast to the time when the placers and underground mines produced in abundance.