Sacramento and Bethlehem
Sacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County.
Creil and Bethlehem
Creil is a commune in the Oise department in northern France it has 34,000 inhabitants.
Montesarchio and Bethlehem
Montesarchio (Latin: Caudium; Greek: Καύδιον) is a comune in the Province of Benevento, Campania, southern Italy. It is located 18 km south-east of Benevento in the Valle Caudina at the foot of Monte Taburno. The commune was granted the official status of City (Città) by a presidential decree of 31 July 1977.
Gallipoli and Bethlehem
Gallipoli (Greek: Kallipolis ,meaning "Beautiful City") is a town and comune of 21,200 inhabitants in the province of Lecce, in Apulia, southern Italy.
Otranto and Bethlehem
Otranto is a town and comune in the province of Lecce (Apulia, Italy), in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses. It is located on the east coast of the Salento peninsula. The Strait of Otranto, to which the city gives its name, connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and Italy with Albania. The harbour is small and has little trade.
São Pedro do Butiá and Bethlehem
São Pedro do Butiá is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located at latitude 28 ° 07'28 "South and longitude 54 ° 53'14" West, with an altitude of 194 meters. Its population in 2004 was 2867 inhabitants.
Brescia and Bethlehem
Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 191,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan. Brescia is called "the Lioness of Italy" after ten days of popular uprising that took place in the city in the spring of 1849 against Austrian oppression.
Pavia and Bethlehem
Pavia the ancient Ticinum, is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 35 km south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It is the capital of the province of Pavia. It has a population of c. 71,000. The city achieved its greatest political importance between 568 and 774, as the capital of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
Villa Alemana and Bethlehem
Villa Alemana (literally "German Village") is a city and community in central Chile. It was founded in 1896 by Italian and German immigrants. Villa Alemana is a part of the urban area known as Gran Valparaíso (Greater Valparaiso). The City of Villa Alemana was founded due to the building of a railway, and was at the beginning of Chilean railway development. Its climate is so temperate that the slogan is "The City of Eternal Youth".
Este and Bethlehem
Este is a town and comune of the Province of Padua, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Euganei Hills. The town is a centre for farming, crafts and industry worthy of note.
Lugo and Bethlehem
Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 96,678 in 2009, becoming the fourth most populated city in Galiza.
Gijón and Bethlehem
Gijón is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia"
Leganés and Bethlehem
Leganés is a city in central Spain. Part of the greater Madrid conurbation - mainly a satellite-city with a population of 184,481 (1 January 2005) it is located about 10 km southwest of the city centre.
Třebechovice and Bethlehem
Třebechovice pod Orebem is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has 5,600 inhabitants
San Miniato and Bethlehem
San Miniato is a town and comune in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. San Miniato sits at a historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley between the valleys of Egola and Elsa
Joplin and Bethlehem
Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. In 2008, the population was estimated at 49,775 and the surrounding Metropolitan Statistical Area had an estimated population of 172,933 in 2008
Montevarchi and Bethlehem
Montevarchi, is a town in the Arezzo province, Toscana (Tuscany) region, north central Italy. Miscellaneous industries include machinery and textiles. A small museum contains collections of jewels, fossils, and 15th century Della Robbian sculptures
Strasbourg and Bethlehem
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in north-eastern France. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin department. In 2006, the city proper had 272,975 inhabitants and its urban community 467,375 inhabitants. With 638,670 inhabitants in 2006, Strasbourg's metropolitan area ("aire urbaine") (only the part of the metropolitan area on French territory) is the ninth largest in France. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau has a population of 884,988 inhabitants.
Cusco and Bethlehem
Cusco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. The city has a population of 358,935 which is triple the figure of 20 years ago.
Marrickville and Bethlehem
Bethlehem City's Delegation arrived from Marrickville on Monday September 10th, after signing a Twinning Agreement with the Australian city, Marrickville.
Czestochowa and Bethlehem
zęstochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta River with 240,027 inhabitants (June 2009). It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (administrative division) since 1999, and was previously the capital of Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998)
Sarpsborg and Bethlehem
Twinning Agreement between Sarpsborg and Bethlehem Country: Norway Date of Agreement : 16 May 1997 N ame of Mayor: Jan Engsmyr Tel: 004... Fax: 0047-1691151708 Address: Sarpsborg Kommune Postboks 237 1701 Sarpsborg -Norway C ountry: Poland Date of Agreemen t: 7th of December 2004 Name of Mayor: Tadeusz Wrona Tel: 0XXX-XX-3610202 / 00343651930 Fax: 0XXX-XX-3651361 Web Site: Http/: www.czestochowa.um.gov.pl E-mail: info@czestochowa.um.gov.pl
Greccio and Bethlehem .
This is a town of Medieval origin. The "Castrum", from which its present name derives through Greece then Grezze, is mentioned since the 11th Cent. The town has an excellent mineral water spring (Fonte Lupetto) as well as good receptive facilities.
The Parish Church is dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel, and is at the top of a beautifully planned stairway. Inside the Church a 16th Cent painting (Madonna enthroned with Angels and Saints), over the left hand altar, is worth attention. The Franciscan Convent is built onto the rocky wall of a wooded mountain side, about 2 kilometers from the town. Tradition says that from 1209 St. Francis began to live on the top of Mount Lacerone overlooking Greccio, building himself a shelter between two birch trees. On this spot, a commemorative Chapel rose in 1792. One day St. Francis gave a child a lighted firebrand. He said he would choose his dwelling on the spot where the hurled firebrand fell to earth.
Paray-le-Monial and Bethlehem
Paray-le-Monial is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France
Saint-Herblain and Bethlehem
The local context: The region includes the communes of Saint- Herblain, Couron and Indre in the western suburbs of Nantes, which have a combined population of 62,326.
Glasgow and Bethlehem .
Glasgow, is a city and administrative center of Strathclyde Region, western Scotland, on the Clyde River. Glasgow is the largest city and leading industrial center of Scotland. It has an excellent harbor and modern port facilities. Major imports include petroleum, grain, and timber; exports are largely manufactured goods.
The city is located near important coalfields and is a major steel-producing center. Other industries include shipbuilding and printing and the manufacture of textiles, carpets, aircraft engines, electronic equipment, chemicals, alcoholic beverages, and processed foods.
Sant 'Anastasia and Bethlehem
Sant'Anastasia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 13 km northeast of Naples. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 28,214 and an area of 18.8 km².
Umbria and Bethlehem
Umbria, is an administrative region in central Italy. Perugia is the capital. The terrain is generally hilly, with the Apennines passing through the eastern part of the region. The principal rivers are the Tiber and Nera. Umbria is a productive agricultural region; grain, grapes, and olives are leading crops, and livestock raising is important. A hydroelectric project at Terni on the Nera supplies power for much of the region's industry. Manufactures include chemicals, textiles, and metal products. The name of the region is taken from the Umbrians, a people who settled here about 600 BC.
Florence and Bethlehem .
Florence (Italy) (Italian Firenze; ancient Florentia), is a city, in central Italy, in Tuscany Region. It is the capital of Florence Province, on the Arno River.
Located at the foot of the Apennines Mountains, Florence was originally the site of an Etruscan settlement. The city is world famous for Gothic and Renaissance buildings, art galleries and museums, and parks. In addition, it is an important commercial, transportation, and manufacturing center.
Saint Petersburg and Bethlehem
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject (a federal city) of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's other names were Petrograd, and Leningrad It is often called just Petersburg and is informally known as Piter.
Rabat-Hassan and Bethlehem.
Rabat, is a city and the capital of Morocco, in Rabat-Salé Prefecture, on the Atlantic Coast at the mouth of the Bou Regreg River, opposite Salé, in the northwestern part of the country.
It is a port and has considerable industry, including the manufacture of textiles, processed food, and building materials. Government activities, tourism,
Qosqo and Bethlehem
Qosqo, the Historical Capital of Peru, is located high in the Andes Mountains. It is the oldest living city of the Western Hemisphere (3000 years old), and in spite of its antiquity it keeps a very special and distinctive spirit, a spirit defined by its sacredness. In this city the most important cultural and racial mixture of the world took place in the XVI century. However, today it responds to the challenge of providing its growing population with the best public services available under the existing conditions and budget limitations.
Region of Lazio and Bethlehem
Lazio is a region of west central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, and Marche to the north, Abruzzo and Molise to the east, Campania to the south, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. It is the region of Rome, capital of Italy.
Pratovecchio and Bethlehem
Prato , also known as Prato in Toscana is a town, in the Frienze province in the Tuscany region of north central Italy on the Bisenzion River.. just northwest of Florence. Prato, of uncertain origin, became a free commune in the 11th century and prospered as a center of commerce and wool manufacture. Later drawn into the orbit of Florence, it declined in importance after its final subjection by that city in 1350. It was sacked by the Spanish army in 1512 during the campaign to restore the Medici family.
Cordoba and Bethlehem .
Cordoba (Spain) (English Cordova), is a city in southern Spain. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, in Andalusia, and one of Spain's most famous cities. Located on the Guadalquivir River, it retains in its older sections the whitewashed walls, narrow streets, and colorful patios of a Moorish city.
Córdoba is a trade center for the olives and citrus fruit produced nearby and also has many manufacturing industries. Products include processed food, beer, textiles, machinery, and refined copper. A variety of handcrafted items, especially silver and leather goods, are also produced, chiefly to be sold to the many tourists who visit the city.
Orlando and Bethlehem
Orlando is a major city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan region. The Greater Orlando metropolitan area has a population of 2,082,628 while the city-proper population is 230,519 (July 2008 estimate). It is the fifth largest city in Florida by population. It was incorporated on July 31, 1875, and became a city in 1885.
Pretoria and Bethlehem
Pretoria, is a city in northeastern South Africa, in the Gauteng Province, on the Apies River. Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa and a major commerical, manufacturing, transportation, and cultural center. Principal products include iron and steel, processed food, ceramics, and chemicals.
Pretoria and Bethlehem
Pretoria, is a city in northeastern South Africa, in the Gauteng Province, on the Apies River. Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa and a major commerical, manufacturing, transportation, and cultural center. Principal products include iron and steel, processed food, ceramics, and chemicals.
Cologne and Bethlehem .
Cologne (German Köln), is a city in west central Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, on the Rhine River. Cologne's location at the point where the Rhine crosses the overland route from Paris to northern Germany, and also at the junction of many roads along the Rhine, has given the city great commercial importance. It is a railroad center and a major port. Manufactures in the city include metal goods, motor vehicles, chemicals, textiles, pharmaceuticals, printed materials, chocolate, and a famous type of perfumed liquid, eau de cologne. The city has one of Europe's largest commercial trade-fair facilities.
in Roman days the town was a rectangular tract surrounded by walls. Medieval Cologne was crescent shaped and was enclosed by a rampart, walls, and gates. Inside these fortifications was a maze of narrow, crooked streets. Between 1881 and 1885 the fortifications were razed and a circular boulevard, the Ringstrasse, was constructed on their site. Beyond the Ringstrasse is the modern part of Cologne. Across the Rhine is the suburb of Deutz, which is linked with Cologne by several bridges.
Yalvac and Bethlehem
Northeast of Isparta, Yalvac is located near the ancient city of Pisidian Antioch. This area was visited by St. Paul and St. Barnabas in 46 A.D. Among the ruins be sure to see St. Paul's Basilica, the aqueducts, Augustus Temple, theater and public baths as you walk along the city's marble streets.
Orvieto and Bethlehem.
Orvieto , is a town, in the Terni province, in the Umbria region of central Italy. The town is situated on an isolated rock on the Paglia River opposite the mouth of the Chiana River. An Etruscan and later a Roman city (in late Roman times it was called Urbs Vetus, from which its Italian name is derived), Orvieto was the seat of a Lombard duchy and of a Tuscan countship before becoming an independent commune in the 12th century. After much civil conflict and strife with neighbouring cities, the town passed under the dominion of the papacy in 1448.
Its cathedral, one of the most celebrated in Italy, was begun in 1290 to commemorate the miracle at Bolsena, a town just to the southwest, where in 1263 a priest witnessed the miraculous appearance of drops of blood on a Host that he was consecrating; a large silver shrine in the Cappella (chapel) del Corporale contains the Holy Corporal (linen altar cloth) from Bolsena. The cathedral is richly decorated with the work of many medieval sculptors and painters, notably the frescoes by Luca Signorelli and Fra Angelico in the Cappella Nuova.
Civitavecchia and Bethlehem
Civitavecchia, is a town and episcopal see, in Roma province, Lazio (Latium) region. It is the principal port for Rome and central Italy. The port, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, was founded early in the 2nd century by the emperor Trajan on a stretch of coast known as Centumcellae. The Porto de Traiano is preserved in the central part of the modern port. The town flourished during late Roman times, but was attacked by the Vandals and destroyed by the Saracens in 828. The people fled to the Monti (mountains) di Allumiere
Verona and Bethlehem .
Verona, is a city in northern Italy. It is the capital of Verona Province, in the Veneto Region, on the Adige River. The city is strategically located on the route from Milan to Venice and from Italy to central Europe via the Brenner Pass.
It is an important railroad and marketing center. Manufactures include textiles, machinery, paper, chemicals, processed food, and shoes. Noteworthy architectural landmarks include the Romanesque basilica of San Zeno Maggiore (mainly 12th-13th century), the tombs of the Scaliger family (14th century), the Gothic Church of Sant'Anastasia (completed 15th century), the magnificent 16th-century palaces of Bevilacqua, Canossa, and Pompei, and the Castel Vecchio (1354), now housing a museum of art.
Natal and Bethlehem
Natal (Brazil), is a city in northeastern Brazil and it is the capital of Rio Grande do Norte State, at the mouth of the Potengi River near the Atlantic coast.
Chartres and Bethlehem .
Chartres (ancient Carnutes, Autricum, civitas Carnutum), a city in north central France, is the capital of Eure-et-Loir Department, on the Eure River, in Orléanais. It is a farm-trade and manufacturing center; products include machinery, electronic equipment, fertilizers, and leather goods. Chartres consists of an upper and a lower town connected by steep streets. The highest point of the city is crowned by the world-famous Cathedral of Notre Dame (12th and 13th century), noted for the beauty of its south spire, its status, its magnificent 13th-century stained-glass windows, and its Renaissance choir screen.
An ancient settlement, Chartres was burned by the Normans in AD 858 and passed to the French crown in 1286. In 1594 Henry IV was crowned king of France at Chartres. Population (1990) 41,850.
Monterrey and Bethlehem
Monterrey, is a city in northeastern Mexico and it is the capital of Nuevo León State. It is one of the largest cities in Mexico and the nation's chief center of heavy industry. Most of Mexico's iron and steel industry is centered here, and the city also has large copper, lead, zinc, and silver-processing industries. Among its other manufactures are chemicals, glass, construction materials, paper, beer, processed food, and textiles.
Burlington and Bethlehem .
Burlington (Vermont), is a city in northwestern Vermont. It is located on Lake Champlain. Burlington is the seat of Chittenden County. The largest city in Vermont, it is a port of entry and a manufacturing, commercial, and tourist center.
Major products include electronic equipment, steel and wood items, maple syrup, business machinery, and textiles. The University of Vermont (1791), Champlain College (1878), Trinity College (1925), Burlington College (1972), and a junior college are here.
The Hague and Bethlehem
The Hague, In Dutch, Gravenhage or Den Haag is a city and the seat of government of the Netherlands (Amsterdam is the official capital), and capital of Zuid-Holland (South Holland) Province, in the western part of the country.
Milan and Bethlehem .
Milan (Italian Milano; ancient Mediolanum), is a city, in northern Italy. It is the capital of Milano Province and of Lombardy Region. The second largest Italian city in population (after Rome), it is a leading commercial, financial, and manufacturing center of Italy and a major center of intellectual and artistic life.
Milan is mainly a modern city, surrounded by industrial suburbs. It has many tall apartment and office buildings in the business district and extensive residential and industrial sections. A subway system was opened in 1964.
Athens and Bethlehem .
Athens (Greece), is a city, in southeastern Greece. It is the capital and largest city of the country. Situated on the Attic plain on the Greek mainland, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Two minor streams, the Kifisós River in the west and the Illisós River in the east, flow through the city.
With its port, Piraiévs, or Piraeus, which is located about 8 km (about 5 mi) to the southwest on the Gulf of Saronikós (an inlet of the Aegean Sea), it forms a unified metropolitan region. Athens dominates the economic, cultural, and political life of Greece.
Sarpsborg and Bethlehem
Country:Norway Date of Agreement :16 May 1997 N ame of Mayor: Jan Engsmyr Tel: 0047-1691151708 Fax: 0047-1691151708 Address: Sarpsborg Kommune Postboks 237 1701 Sarpsborg -Norway
Madaba and Bethlehem.
Madaba:Just 20 minutes south of Amman, on the Kings Highway, is the mosaic filled city of Madaba. Crowned by a small church, this historic town lies in the middle of Jordan's most fertile land. In many respects Madaba is a typical East Bank town which differs in one major aspect: underneath almost every house lies a fine Byzantine mosaic. Many of these mosaics have been excavated and are on display in the town's museum, but it is estimated that many more lie hidden waiting to be discovered.
The finest mosaic found to date is still in its original place on the floor of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George. This huge well-preserved work of art comprises a map of the entire region from Jordan and Palestine in the north, to Egypt in the south. Many towns and cities are depicted in picture form, complete with walls and pitched re-roofed houses, while in the Nile huge fish swim. Containing a great number of details, it also includes a depiction of the fauna and flora in the different regions.
Assisi and Bethlehem
Assisi, is a town, in central Italy, in Umbria Region, near Perugia. Assisi is a tourist and religious center, famous as the home of St. Francis of Assisi. One of its chief attractions is the Basilica of San Francesco, consisting of two churches built one above the other; it was begun in 1228 and completed in 1253.
Steyr and Bethlehem
Steyr , a small historical town in Upper Austria, is romantically located at the junction of the rivers Enns and Steyr. Steyr presents itself as the most well preserved medieval urban complex in Austria, embedded in a landscape that even Franc Schuber found "beautiful beyond words". The perfect symbiosis between town, countryside, and river makes Steyr a unique experience. The town square, a gem of medieval urban architecture accommodates all great styles of the past. Excellently preserved gothic, renaissance, baroque and rococo buildings harmoniously exist side by side.
Lisbon and Bethlehem.
Lisbon (Portuguese Lisboa; ancient Olisipo), is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and it is also the capital of Lisbon District, in western Portugal, on the Tagus River where the river expands before it enters the Atlantic Ocean. Lisbon is the center of the country's rail and highway network, and an international airport is nearby.
The major industrial and commercial area of Portugal, Lisbon has an exceptionally fine harbor and is also the chief seaport. In Lisbon are shipbuilding yards, petroleum refineries, and plants producing chemicals, foodstuffs, hardware, paper, and textiles. Imports are mainly raw materials, and the chief exports include cork, canned fish, olive oil, resin, and wine.
Abu Dhabi and Bethlehem
Abu Dhabi, a city in north central United Arab Emirates, is the provisional capital of the federation, and capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, a port on the island of Abu Dhabi in the Persian Gulf.