Miami, Florida

Miami is an American city in Florida that was founded in 1986. The city has 433.136 habitants and it is one of the most populated cities of United States. It is considerate an important city in terms of trade, finances, media, entertainment, art and International business.

Location

The city is located in the southeast of Florida near to the river Miami between the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. Miami is one of the most little cities in United States; it has a square of 143.15 km² what it means that live more than 400000 people in 91km². Miami is the only city in EEUU that has border with two parks, the National Park of Everglades in the west and the Vizcaino National Park in the east.

                                                      
Weather

Miami has a tropical weather. It has hot and wet summers and temperate and dry winters. In general, the city doesn’t descend from the 3ºC and doesn’t pass the 40ºC. The rainy season is during the summer and sometimes there are hurricanes during the humid season.

Spoken languages

Miami has a wide variety of spoken languages. It has the third biggest Spanish-speaking population in EEUU behind San José and New York which is the first. Since 2008 the Spanish language has been the first language spoken with almost the 70% of the population.

Popular music

Miami has a huge variety of music. The Cuban population brought “la conga” and “la rumba” and the Dominican population brought “bachata” and “merengue”. Miami is considerate the free style city too where the dance music, electro music, hip hop and disco became very popular during the 90’s.

                                                                
                                                              Sports

The city has four big teams that play inside the North American leagues. The football team Miami Dolphins, Miami Heat that plays in the NBA, Florida Marlins that plays in the baseball league and Florida Panthers that plays in the Hockey league. Moreover, in Miami exists other sports such as soccer, tennis, golf and jai alai, a traditional sport played in Florida since the XX century.

LISBON, PORTUGAL

Lisbon is the capital and largest city of the state of Portugal. In addition to the capital is also the capital of the District of Lisbon, the Lisbon region, the metropolitan area of Lisbon, and is also the main center of the statistical subregion of the Great Lisbon. Lisbon is the richest city in Portugal.

LOCATION

It is located west of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean. The city occupies an area of 84.8 km². The city limits, contrary to what usually happens in large cities, are well defined within the limits of the historical perimeter. This resulted in the creation of several cities around Lisbon, such as Loures, Odivelas, Amadora and Oeiras.

CLIMA

Lisbon is one of the warmest European capitals. The spring and summer are usually sunny. Autumn and winter are typically rainy and windy, with some sunny days. The climate of Lisbon, which is Mediterranean, is strongly influenced by the Gulf Stream, so the temperatures are milder and abundant rainfall.

MONUMENTS

In Lisbon there are some monuments that we can visit like the castle of San Jorge, that

occupies approximately 6000 square meters, the cathedral of Lisbon which is the most

ancient of the city or the tower of Belém that is a Franciso de Arruda's work.

FOOD

Lisbon is a country with a lot of gastronomic variety. In Lisbon we can find different

types of food: The meat of pork is the most consumed in Portugal so as you can imagine the pork is cooked in differents ways, a lot of variety of cheese. But it’s similar to mediterranean food.

SPORTS

The sports are very important in the culture of Portugal. In Portugal, football is the most important sport as happens in the most part of Europe but apart from this we can find other sports like canoeing cycling tennis athletics etc.

Athens, Greece.

ATHENS:
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece and it is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years. 

It is the main center of economic, cultural and political life of Greece. 

The main places to visit there, are: 

Acropolis of Athens 

Located in a strategic position to dominate every corner of the city, the Acropolis of Athens is the most important place known in Greece. It is located on a hilltop about 156 meters to sea level rises, and can be seen from most parts of the city. 

The Acropolis of Athens contains: the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, they are some of the most important and striking buildings of the classical age of Greece.

Erechtheion:

Erechtheion is an Ionic temple built in the most sacred place of the Acropolis.

The most striking is the cover area of the southern gallery, which is held in the Caryatids, which are six columns, one is false.

Partenon:

Erected between 447 and 438 B.C. on the Acropolis, the Parthenon is one of the most important monuments of ancient Greek civilization, plus the most representative af all of Greece building.

The Parthenon is a temple to Athenea, the guardian of the city. The Parthenon is one of the major temples in Doric building preserved. It was the grandest monument built during the golden age of Athens.
The Parthenon was designed to house the image of gold and ivory Athenea Parthenos, a colossal statue twelve meters made by Phidias.

Kerameikos:

It's a district located northwest of Athens. This neighborhood owes its name to the area where potters workshops were located.
In this district the largest necropolis is located throughout Greece. The necropolis originated in the eleventh century B.C. 
In 478 B.C. a wall was built to protect Ágora. Kerameikos it was divided into two parts, one inside and one outside the city. Like the ancient buried their dead outside of the citis, the outside of the wall began to be used as a cementiry.
Until it became the most important and extensive cementiry of Athens. It's the necropolis of Athens.



Plaka:
Also known as the neighborhood of the Gods because of its proximety to the Acropolis, Plaka is the oldest suburb of Athens, along with one of the most attractive and lively areas of the city.

It's the oldest and transited district of the city, It's a great tourist attraction for its narrow streets, shops and homes...