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.

He joined with George Marston and other civic-minded businessmen to purchase the site of the original Presidio of San Diego, which they developed as a historic park and eventually donated to the city of San Diego.

The Acropolis of Athens ( Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών ) is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

The city restored the historic Art Deco city landmark Alameda Theatre, expanding it to include a theater multiplex.

Although only half the size and population of West Berlin, East Berlin included most of the historic center of the city.

Each borough contains a number of localities ( Ortsteile ), which often have historic roots in older municipalities that predate the formation of Greater Berlin on 1 October 1920 and became urbanized and incorporated into the city.

A cheap way to explore the Bosphorus is offered by the public ferries that traverse the Bosphorus from Eminönü ( ferries dock at the Boğaz İskelesi ) on the historic peninsula of Istanbul to Anadolu Kavağı near the Black Sea, zigzagging between the Rumelian and Anatolian sides of the city.

The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as " an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble " of the 18th century.

Its historic city center is a listed UNESCO world heritage site.

The Premiership Cup then made its historic first trip to Brisbane, a traditionally rugby league focused city.

In 1950 Gordon Childe attempted to define a historic city with 10 general metrics.

Public parkland includes the esplanade along the Charles River, which mirrors its Boston counterpart, Cambridge Common, a busy and historic public park immediately adjacent to the Harvard campus, and the Alewife Brook Reservation and Fresh Pond in the western part of the city.

National Geographic Traveler ranked Columbus 11th on its historic destinations list in late 2008, describing the city as " authentic, unique, and unspoiled.

However the city of " Polish Cathedrals " is rife with numerous historic synagogues, as well as the noteworthy sacred spaces of other religions.

The palace is preserved in great part to this day and forms the historic core of the largest city of modern Split, Croatia.

The city of Lille identifies itself as a part of historic Flanders, and thus as " Flemish " in the geographical and historical sense, and this is reflected, for instance, in the name of its local railway station TGV Lille-Flandres.

The original fort site is now adjacent to the present historic " Old Town " portion of the city.

The historic centre of Florence attracts millions of tourists each year, and Euromonitor International ranked the city as the world's 72nd most visited in 2009, with 1, 685, 000 visitors.

Guatemala City offers all the modern amenities along with important historic sites that a world class city can be expected to have ranging from an IMAX Theater to the Ícaro film festival ( Festival Ícaro ) featuring films produced in Guatemala and Central America.

Zone One is the Historic Center, ( Centro Histórico ), lying in the very heart of the city, the location of many important historic buildings including the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura ( National Palace of Culture ), the Metropolitan Cathedral, the National Congress, the Casa Presidencial ( Presidential House ), the National Library and Plaza de la Constitución ( Constitution Plaza, old Central Park ).

The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.

Visitors come to the city to explore its historic inner suburbs and nationally acclaimed restaurants and cafes, as well as its vibrant music and nightlife culture.

The city has a number of historic sites, including the Herat Citadel and the Mosallah Complex.

Cyrus the Great, the Persian king, refounded the city one mile southeast of its historic site at the mound of Tell es-Sultan and returned the Jewish exiles after conquering Babylon in 539 BCE.

BHRA was formed in 1982 to restore the historic tunnel.

As a result, marine channels, navigable rivers and sea crossings formed the trade routes of historic and ancient civilisations.

* Central Presbyterian Church – founded in 1844, it was the first church formed in Lamar County, boasts historic stained glass windows and is historically registered at the state and federal levels

The state was formed through the merger of the historic regions of Mecklenburg and Vorpommern after World War II, dissolved in 1952 and recreated prior to the German reunification in 1990.

Hereford had formed a historic borough and was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.

The dominant urban centres Elberfeld ( historic commercial centre ) and Barmen ( more industrial ) have formed a unified built-up area since 1850.

Basel-Landschaft, together with Basel-Stadt, formed the historic Canton of Basel until they separated following the uprising of 1833 ( Battle of the Hülftenschanz near Frenkendorf ).

It was formed out of the part of the historic region of Swabia which was annexed by Bavaria in 1803.

By the late 16th century, the historic Powhatan Confederacy had been formed in the area.

The belief in the eternal antimilitarist spirit, present in all places and time, is however a myth because the modern military as an institution is a historic achievement formed during the 18th and 19th centuries, as a by-product of the modern nation-states.

Taking its name from the historic town of Greenwich, the London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich with part of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to the east.

Penge formed a part of the parish of Battersea, with the historic county boundary between Kent and Surrey forming its eastern boundary.

The Isle of Dogs is formed from the lock entrances to the former West India Docks and the largest current meander of the River Thames and the southern part of the borough forms a part of the historic flood plain of the River Thames ;< ref >< cite > BBC on Thames floodplain.

A campaign group known as " Fight for Wymondham " has been formed by local residents to oppose this development, on the grounds that it will destroy Wymondham's character as a historic market town and potentially overwhelm local services and pose a threat to wildlife.

A trust formed, and work began restoring the historic precinct beside the port, perhaps the most atmospheric urban area in New Zealand.

Out of the rubble of the earthquake the Whittier Conservancy was formed in 1987 in an effort to stop the demolition of many historic buildings and residences after the disaster.

In the 1980s, a private non-profit group, Franklin Heritage, Inc., was formed by citizens to preserve and restore its historic assets for new purposes.

On June 25, 1969, Carver-on-the-Minnesota, a non-profit historic preservation organization formed to purchase, renovate and save key properties.

In the 13th century a village centre was formed, which still exists as the historic Dorpsstraat.

In 1976 when the State of New Jersey was unable to fund the restoration of its newly acquired Prallsville Mills, local citizens formed Delaware River Mill Society, to “ restore, preserve, operate, maintain and interpret ” the historic site.

During a reorganization of Morris County in 1806 and taking its name from one of the historic settlements it would govern, Chatham Township was formed to include several colonial villages and settlements that had been made part of previously existing townships.

The Historical Sites Committee was formed in 1971 and members are appointed by the governing body to administer municipally owned historic landmarks.

It was formed from parts of the historic counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset, together with the City of Bristol.

This is apparent through the infamous " Wal-Mart dispute ," during which a group of citizens formed the Community Oversight Foundation to fight against Wal-Mart on the grounds that Wal-Mart would be detrimental to the preservation of the historic nature of Powell and would harm the current property values.