Cities of the World Educational Posters & Prints “Tr...-Ty...-”
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Tripoli, the largest city and capital of the North African nation of Libya, is located on the Mediterranean coast.

The city was founded in the 7th century BC by Phoenicians, calling it Oea, who were probably attracted to the natural harbor and easily defended peninsula.

The name “Tripoli”, bestowed by the Romans, is from the Greek and means “three cities” (tri=three, poli=city), and includes reference to the nearby towns of Sabratha and Leptis Magna.

Trieste is a seaport in northeastern Italy situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia.

Authors Jules Verne and James Joyce lived in Trieste, the explorer Richard F. Burton died there.

The historic city of Troy, both factual and legendary, is located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey between the Dardanelles and Mount Ida.

Troy is best remembered for being the focus of the Trojan War described in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer.

Troy is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Tubingen, in southern Germany, is renown as a university town.

Famous people associated with Tubingen: Alois Alzheimer, Johann Gottlieb von Fichte, Leohnart Fuchs, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Hölderlin, Johannes Kepler, Hans Küng, Friedrich Schelling, David Friedrich Strauss.

Tunis, the capital and largest city of the north African nation of Tunisia, is located on the Gulf of Tunis of the Mediterranean Sea.

The ancient city of Carthage is today a suburb of Tunis.

Notable people associated with Tunis: Ibn Khaldun.

Turin is a major cultural and economic center in northwest Italy. The city is located on the Po River, very close to the Alps.

The city is the home of the Shroud of Turin and was the host of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Famous people associated with Turin include Amedeo Avogadro, Giacomo Balla, Don Bosco, Umberto Eco, Desiderius Erasmus, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Paolo Soleri.

Tyre, an ancient Phoenician city and the legendary birthplace of Europa and Elissa (Dido), is located on the Mediterranean on the southern coast of Lebanon.

Because of its strategic location the area has a long history: Tyre is mentioned several time in the Old Testament; Alexander the Great laid seige to Tyre in 332 BC, after building a causeway from the mainland to the main city on an island just off shore; the area was visited by Jesus; the Crusaders captured Tyre in 1124; and the city has suffered significant damage in recent years by the violence between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

Notable people associated with Tyre include the philosopher Porphyry and the historian William of Tyre. Authors making reference to Tyre include William Shakespeare (Pericles, Prince of Tyre) John Ruskin, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, and E. Nesbit.