Accordion player in a street in the historic centre of Quito, Ecuador.

The historic centre of Aalen and the other areas in the Kocher valley are founded completely on holocenic floodplain loam ( Auelehm ) and riverbed gravel that have filled in the valley.

The city's economic centre quickly moved west toward the Nile, away from the historic Islamic Cairo section and toward the contemporary, European-style areas built by Isma ' il.

The historic centre of town with its 18th century castle is situated on an elevation and visible over a great distance.

The attack on 28 March 1942 created a firestorm, that caused severe damage to the historic centre and the Bombing of Lübeck in World War II destroyed three of the main churches and greater parts of the built-up area.

Lübeck's restored historic city centre became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

The city contains many historic buildings and parks, and is also a commercial centre for the western part of Scania.

The historic centre was nearly completely destroyed.

The historic Nineveh is mentioned about 1800 BC as a centre of worship of Ishtar, whose cult was responsible for the city's early importance.

A street in Nuoro's historic centre

Poznań has many historic buildings and sights, mostly concentrated around the Old Town and other parts of the city centre.

Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Radiating from the centre of the city, the historic cathedral is surrounded by paved granite streets, tucked away in the old town, and separated from the newer part of the city by the largest of many parks throughout the city, Parque da Alameda.

Despite some more contemporary building developments further away from the centre, Uppsala's historic centre continues to be dominated by the presence of the university.

The historic town centre consists of an old town and a new town ( Altstadt and Neustadt ).

The capital of Zanzibar, located on the island of Unguja, is Zanzibar City, and its historic centre, known as Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site.

The geographic ( and historic ) centre of the city is the Lindenhof, a small natural hill on the west bank of the Limmat, about north of where the river issues from Lake Zurich.

Although many buildings and districts in the historic centre were damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and Nicolae Ceaușescu's program of systematization, many survived.

On 4 March 1977, an earthquake centered in Vrancea, about away, claimed 1, 500 lives and caused further damage to the historic centre.

Various residential and commercial developments are underway, particularly in the northern districts, while Bucharest's historic centre is currently undergoing restoration.

In the 2000s, a wide variety of historic buildings in the city centre underwent restoration.

One of the best examples of this type of architecture is Centrul Civic, a development that replaced a major part of Bucharest's historic city centre with giant utilitarian buildings, mainly with marble or travertine façades, inspired by North Korean architecture.

Dresden was a centre of the German Revolutions in 1848 with the May Uprising, which cost human lives and damaged the historic town of Dresden.

It is located six miles to the northwest of downtown historic Florence.

The three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major attraction to tourists visiting the region of Tuscany.

Four Seasons Hotel in Florence, in the historic Palazzo della Gherardesca

Pullman became a key location to reflect this theme, having several settings, including the town's historic Florence Hotel, easily redressed by the crew for the film.

Pullman is home to many historic and architecturally significant buildings, among these are the Hotel Florence, the Arcade Building which was destroyed in the 1920s, the Clock Tower and Factory, the complex surrounding Market Square and Greenstone Church.

This is the site of the first state-supported normal school established south of the Ohio River and now part of the University of North Alabama, an historic marker commemorating Florence State Teacher's College in the United States, now the University of North Alabama, the oldest state-supported teachers ' college south of the Ohio River.

Florence's historic centre, for example, is surrounded by the Viali di Circonvallazione, a series of 6-lane wide streets ; the boulevards follow the outline of the ancient walls of Florence, that were demolished since 1865 to make Florence, then the capital of Italy ( for 5 years, 1865 – 1870 ), a modern and big city like the other European capitals.

The business loop gives access to the historic downtown and business district in Florence, passing by the Pinal County Government Complex, Pinal County Historical Museum and 1891 Pinal County Courthouse.

" The citizens thought well of the neat and euphonious " Florence ," and unanimously adopted it, but the " Arno " never replaced the historic term of " Mill River.

( 4 vols, 1977-1990 ), the series Music of the United States of America ( including In Dahomey, historic transcriptions, notations, and arrangements of American Indian music, and works by Ruth Crawford, Irving Berlin, Amy Beach, Daniel Read, Timothy Swan, Edward Harrigan & David Braham, Lou Harrison, Harry Partch, Thomas Wright " Fats " Waller, Charles Ives, Leo Ornstein, Dudley Buck, Earl " Fatha " Hines, David Moritz Michael, Charles Hommann, Virgil Thomson, and Florence Price ; 19 vols.

The main retail area in Benicia is First Street, which attracts out-of-town antique and boutique shoppers and those seeking small-town, historic charm.

The heart of Chandler remains its revitalized historic downtown, that includes the award-winning Chandler City Hall and a Center for the Arts that attracts national and local performers.

As one of Arkansas ' most historic towns, the city attracts considerable heritage tourism.

The event attracts runners from across the country, and features USTA certified courses which start and end in the historic downtown area.

These activities, along with the local architecture and the landscape of irrigated fields, create a historic ambiance that attracts much tourism.

De Smet, South Dakota attracts many fans with its historic sites from the books By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years, and The First Four Years.

The historic central area, especially the part-pedestrian parts between the station and the creek, attracts visitors, who can learn about the town's history and features at the Fleur-de-Lis centre, which provides tourist information and houses a museum.

The Northam Flying 50's, a historic car racing event, is held each year in early April and attracts around 5, 000 spectators each year.

Held in Westerly's Wilcox Park, an historic Victorian strolling park operated by the Westerly Public Library, the event annually attracts over 25, 000 annual residents.

The historic maarikaamba temple here also attracts many tourists.

The Belgian block streets of Fell's Point lend to its unique historic character, which attracts many tourists and businesses to the area.

" Most of its inhabitants claim that the town has stopped in time, as progress has somehow overlooked it, but Chavantes is still proud of having one of the only suspended and historic bridges in the country, which was once detonated by states that fought São Paulo in the 1932 revolution in which São Paulo stood alone against Brazil's dictator Vargas ; a hydro-electric dam, now in the hands of Duke Energy, a US company ; and its fertile terra-roxa soil that now produces sugar cane, soybean and other crops and attracts migrant workers.

Charleston is one of the leading cultural and historic destinations in the United States and attracts millions of visitors each year.

It has become a central economic engine for the historic Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, and attracts an estimated 750, 000 visitors to this area each year.

The historic Main Street Unionville attracts thousands of visitors each year — as of 2006 it boasted 9 restaurants, including 3 pubs.

Rosmuc's most famous resident and historic landmark is Pearse's Cottage, which attracts up to ten thousand visitors each year.

Apart from the historic site, the picturesque hilly landscape with woods, pastures and fields surrounding the village attracts both wanderers and cyclists.

Held every December at a hotel in New York's historic Catskill region, it attracts some 500 people from around the world who come to study with a veritable " Who's Who " of contemporary Yiddish life and culture.

Other states require compliance with building and fire codes, subject to reservations, limitations, or jurisdictional discretion to protect historic building stock as a condition of nominating or listing a building for preservation or landmark status, especially where such status attracts tax credits, investment of public money, or other incentives.