Twin Cities
The City of Galle is twinned with:
| Country | City | State / Region | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | Velsen | North Holland | 1988 |
Although not an official twin city, Melbourne, Australia 'adopted' Galle after the 2004 tsunami disaster, funding the reconstruction of its cricket ground and providing financial and other support.
Read more about this topic: Galle
Other articles related to "twin cities, cities":
... Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program (NTP) for the Twin Cities ... TLC has named this project Bike/Walk Twin Cities ...
... The twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah prosper because of their great deposits of salt, which are mined by an army of slaves ... His quick thinking saves the twin cities and the Hebrews, but also destroys the camp and the crops ... and guidance, two angels appear to tell him that God is displeased with the twin cities and will destroy them ...
... Acres Wheatfield (Summit Business Park) Riverside Park Gratwick Roblin Little River Twin Cities (Amtrak connection) Tonawanda to Tonawanda Corridor The Niagara River Line is ... Park, Gratwick, Roblin, Little River, Twin Cities (new Amtrak connection could be made here) and Tonawanda Transit Center ... Niagara Falls stops and the Amtrak stop at the newly created Twin Cities station) ...
... Minneapolis and Saint Paul are collectively known as the "Twin Cities" ... The cities enjoyed a rivalry during their early years, with Saint Paul being the capital city and Minneapolis becoming prominent through industry ... The term "Twin Cities" was coined around 1872, after a newspaper editorial suggested that Minneapolis could absorb Saint Paul ...
... Cloud and one in Rochester, in addition to eight in the Twin Cities ... By December, 1974, Schaak Electronics was advertising on local Twin Cities air waves, broadcasting at least two different radio commercials on KTCR-FM with a character named Uncle Allie talking to his ... Their radio ads were well known in the Twin Cities, especially the sound effects used with their name ...
Famous quotes containing the words cities and/or twin:
“The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of individuals into a political system, and their grading into castes or classes.... It seems to have favored the exploitation of human beings rather than their enlightenment.”
—Claude Lévi-Strauss (b. 1908)
“We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)