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Brilliant Addresses

A classifier of the world's remarkable cities — by character, not geography. Every type is a kind of journey: imperial capitals and lost cities, wine, casino and museum towns. One city may belong to several types at once.

Population does not qualify a city · Distinction does

—cities

—city types

—countries

—collections

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Index of Types

Thirty-five types in five families. A city's first type is its lead: it sets the shelf and the angle of the portrait.