But more than 2, 000km north of the big city, near the Bolivian border, the traditional villages located high up in the Andean altiplano have not fared as well.
The southern mountains are dotted with tiny traditional villages, fantastic spots to buy hearty local olive oil and thyme honey, though Azogires has a freshwater lagoon where the itinerant nereids - those beguiling sea-nymphs of ancient Greek myth - can allegedly steal a man's soul on one sacred night each year.
For travellers seeking a local excursion, a 30-minute drive northward on paved roads leads to the Zagorohoria, a region of developed traditional mountain villages overlooking the awe-inspiring Vikos Gorge, said to be the world's deepest.
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The support base for this revolution was not the capital, Tbilisi, the traditional driver of Georgian politics, but villages and small towns, where family structures and individualism were stronger and Soviet rule was weaker.
Some, like Beijing-based designer Mi Qiu, believe China ought to preserve more of its traditional housing forms like the centuries-old villages and hutong--neighborhoods traversed by narrow, winding alleys.
In the poorest villages, families use kerosene to power traditional Hurricane lamps.
With satellite TV finding its way to even the most remote villages in India, television channels are replacing traditional forms of entertainment.
When British rule began in 1874, ethnic Fijians were kept in their villages under a separate Fijian administration dominated by traditional provincial chiefs.
Nature Iraq promotes projects designed to make the marshes' revival sustainable, including plans for a fish hatchery, tourist development and environmentally conscious "Green Villages, " where marsh people can practice their traditional culture while enjoying access to modern education and health care.
Traditional road signs which "add to the character and identity" of villages in Cumbria are to be preserved.
But nowhere is their fascinatingly simple and traditional lifestyle better showcased than in the ancient hamlets of Chengyang, where eight villages skirt the winding Linxi River amid verdant farmland.
Much of the buzz emanated from three villages: Ubud, where Spies settled, Sanur on the southern coast, and Batuan, a traditional hub of musicians, dancers, carvers and painters.
Living in 14 villages along the Porcupine herd's migration route, some 7, 000 Gwich'in maintain a traditional culture linked to caribou meat, skins and bone tools.
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