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Philadelphia, the “City of Brotherly Love” is the largest city in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. It is located on the Delaware and Schuykill rivers, across from Camden, NJ, and about 80 miles southwest of NYC.

Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn. It was a meeting place for the “Founding Fathers” of the American Revolution, and served as a temporary national capital from 1790-1800.

Notable people associated with Philadelphia include: Marian Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Ethel Barrymore, Alexander Calder, Mary Cassatt, Noam Chomsky, Benjamin Franklin, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Grimke sisters, Louis Kahn, Alain LeRoy Locke, Margaret Mead, James A. Michener, Betsy Ross, Owen Wister, Wyeth family.

The capital and largest city of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, is located on the banks of the Tonlé Sap, Mekong, and Bassac rivers. It was founded in 1434, and as been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia in 1863.

Phenom Penh is a center of politics, economics, cultural heritage, and diplomacy.

Phoenix, the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States, lies in the Sonoran Desert.

It is the largest state capital and the only state capital city with a population of over 1,000,000.

The name “Phoenix” was officially adopted in 1868, as it described a city born from the ruins of a former Native American civilization.

Pisa, Italy is located on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Ligurian Sea.

Known worldwide for the leaning bell tower of the city's cathedral, Pisa is also the home of the University of Pisa.

Famous people associated with Pisa include Galileo Galilei, Enrico Fermi, Leonardo Fibonacci, Giosue Carducci.

Pittsburgh, located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers forming the Ohio River, in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is known as “The Steel City” for its former steel manufacturing base.

The area was first inhabitated by Native American tribes; French explorers claimed the area for France, the British built Fort Pitt, the French replaced it with Fort Duquesne, all leading to the French and Indian War, an important event in American history.

Notable people associated with Pittsburgh include William Baziotes, Nellie Bly, Andrew Carnegie, Billy Eckstine, Stephen Foster, Martha Graham, Earl Hines, James Irwin, Gene Kelly, George Marshall, Davd McCullough, Evelyn Nesbit, Robert Peary, Judith Resnik, Mary Roberts Rinehart, John Roebling, Lillian Russell, Jonas Salk, Gertrude Stein, Billy Strayhorn, Andy Warhol, George Westinghouse, Mary Lou Williams, Nancy Wilson, August Wilson.