Capital of Culture or City of Culture may refer to:
- European Capital of Culture, formerly European City of Culture, title awarded annually in the European Union,
- American Capital of Culture, in the Americas, title awarded annually by American Capital of Culture Organization, an NGO
- Arab Capital of Culture, in the Arab League, title awarded annually under the supervision of UNESCO
- UK City of Culture, title awarded annually, for the first time in 2013
- City of Culture of Galicia, complex of cultural buildings in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- The Pool (play), subtitled City of Culture?, 2004 play
Famous quotes containing the words capital of, capital and/or culture:
“If Los Angeles has been called “the capital of crackpots” and “the metropolis of isms,” the native Angeleno can not fairly attribute all of the city’s idiosyncrasies to the newcomer—at least not so long as he consults the crystal ball for guidance in his business dealings and his wife goes shopping downtown in beach pajamas.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“If little faults, proceeding on distemper,
Shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye
When capital crimes, chewed, swallowed, and digested,
Appear before us?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)