With around 350,000 inhabitants, and more than one million in its metropolitan area, Bilbao is the most populated and important city in Euskadi (Basque Country). It is known worldwide for the central role that culture has played in its urban regeneration.
The city of Guanajuato was recognized by UNESCO in 1988 as a World Heritage Site because of its beauty and rich history. It is currently the main tourist hub in the region in addition to being one of the main colonial jewels of Mexico.
Mar del Plata was founded as a port for the export of leather and jerky in 1865.
Granollers is a city of 62,000 inhabitants located 30 kilometres north of Barcelona, Spain, with a long history of working on social inclusion through three pillars: education, culture, and sport.
With an area of 100 km2 and a population of 1.6 million inhabitants, Barcelona is one of the densest cities in Europe.
Human rights defenders, NGOs, artists and writers/journalists are the targets of systematic and strategic attacks around the world.
Medellín is the capital of the Antioquia Department, and it is one of the cities that has shown the most progress in Colombia.
Cúcuta is home to about one million inhabitants, and it is not only a natural, but also a political and cultural border.
Pavlograd is a small industrial town located in the eastern part of Ukraine, and the centre of Western Donbas mining industry, with coal mining and metal industries as its core economic activities.
Establishing the Esch-sur-Alzette Cultural Governance Council relates, as the name suggests, to the commune of Esch-sur-Alzette, which will be the European Capital of Culture in 2022.