In its city centre, a number of historic attractions survived WWII and are worth a look: a 14th-century cathedral, a solid old town hall, a good history museum and a surprisingly interesting military museum.
Siena was the first European city to limit motor traffic in its historic centre back in 1966, making the city especially pleasant to explore on foot.
Ducat worked for Bank of Scotland for almost five years at its Murraygate branch in Dundee city centre.
The city council issued its first eviction letter to the camp in the city centre at the start of the month, asking them to dismantle and move on by 3 February.
Cubo opened in the city centre 2011 and its slick white minimalist interior makes it popular with the local cognoscenti and savvy visitors.
Of the 35 local authorities which have expressed interest in principle, the one closest to doing anything is Edinburgh, which this week started a postal referendum on introducing a two-tier scheme covering both commuters into the city and traffic in its historic centre.
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The Algonquin opened in 1902 and was a centre of New York City literary and theatrical life in its heyday.
It said if the out of town scheme was approved it would also sell its assets in the city including the Coppergate Centre.
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The Association of Town Centre Management confirmed the award and praised Hull Truck Theatre in particular "for its outstanding contribution" to entertainment for city centre users.
Its natural history collection is housed on Merrion Street in Dublin city centre, close to the Irish parliament.
Since London is already the most visited city in Europe and a financial and business centre, its aims are different.
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In Worcestershire, the racecourse and cricket ground in the city centre were under water after the River Severn burst its banks.
The tale is much the same in Dresden, Leipzig's neighbour and historic rival, though its city centre, bar a few surviving gems, remains pretty soulless.
The Drake Circus scheme, which was supposed to have happened in the late 1980s, will give the city a large covered shopping mall linking to its retail centre for the first time.
Those gates have gone now, but so have many of the shops as well, the Aladin's cave of Leisureworld closed in 1998 the same decade that saw the city centre Anderson and McAuley department store close its doors.
The club said its parade the following day would start at Old Trafford in the early evening and finish in the city centre, but details are yet to be finalised.
The train will run between the city centre and the suburb of Syokimau, where Kenya has built its first railway station in more than 80 years.
The Jamaat-i-Islami, which won 16 seats, may have firm views about the role of women and be opposed to American-style hamburger bars in Dhaka's city centre, but it does not indulge in the same level of anti-western talk as its counterparts in Pakistan.
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