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WHAT TO DO Bari is a port city on the Adriatic Sea and the vibrant capital of southern Italy’s Puglia region - the heel of the boot. Bari itself known in antiquity as Barium, was a harbor of the Iapygian Peuceti tribe. The authors of the Etymologicum Magnum have preserved an etymology by authors of antiquity about Barium, which they explain as the word 'house' in the extinct Messapic language. The city had strong Greek influences before the Roman era. In the 3rd century BC, i

WHAT TO DO Sao Paulo is the capital city of the state of Sao Paulo, as well as the most populous city in Brazil and South America. It is the largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Portuguese speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from Sao Paulo are known as paulistanos. Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, Sao Paulo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on the American continent. It played a strat

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WHAT TO DO Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, home to more than 10 million people. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is one of the largest in the world by population with over 22 million people. It is located in northern Egypt along the Nile River. The area that would become Cairo was part of ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are nearby. Situated near the Nile Delta, the predecessor settlement was Fustat