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Thread of cities photographed from above

1. Venice, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Image
2. New York City, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
3. Barcelona (day and night), Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
4. Paris, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Image
5. Sunrise in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Image
6. London, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Image
7. Amsterdam, Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Image
8. Rome, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Image
9. Dubai, United Arab Emirates ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
10. Budapest, Hungary๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Image
11. Madrid (day and night), Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
12. Prague, Czech Republic ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Image
13. Athens, Greece ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Image
14. Edinburgh, Scotland ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Image
15. Dresden, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
16. Cape Town, South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Image
17. Florence, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Image
18. The Pyramids of Giza, 15 kilometers away from the city of Cairo, Egypt ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Image
19. Ronda, Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
20. Buenos Aires, Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Image
21. Siena, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Image
22. Rovinj, Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Image
23. Naples, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Image
24. Toronto, Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Image
25. Stockholm, Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Image
26. Sydney, Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Image
27. Sevilla, Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Image
28. The City of diagonals. La Plata, Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Image
29. Shanghai, China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Image
Recently, it has been humorously observed that an aerial view of Venice bears a striking resemblance to "Patrick getting dehydrated."

However, this magnificent Italian city, founded on March 25, 421 AD, has been compared for many years to various natural shapes: most notably a swan and a fish.

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