Sydney

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Sydney is the capital of New South Galli. With a population of over 4.1 million inhabitants, is the largest city in Australia. It is also the oldest settlement in Australia colonized by Europeans, was founded as a British colony in 1788. Sydney is situated on one of the most beautiful bays in the world with a wonderful natural harbor, which the British navigator James Cook named, in 1770, Port Jackson. Sydney in Australia holds the record for superlatives: the largest city is the largest industrial center, culturally and financially, the biggest port, the largest communications hub.

In terms of geography, the city lies in two regions: the Cumberland Plain (a region of relatively flat, situated south west of port) and Hornsby Plateau (a sandy plateau, north of the port). The city with its suburbs cover about 12,400 square kilometers, from the Hawkesbury River in the north to the south and the land stretched from the Blue Mountains west to the Pacific Ocean to the east.

In Sydney's central business district's, colonial public buildings and terraced houses are cozy with modern skyscrapers such as the Sydney Tower, which reaches a height of 305 m. In addition the center is Sydney Harbour Bridge, the bridge for many years symbol of the city was completed in 1932, it connects the northern and southern and eastern suburbs of the city and at that time was the largest bridge consists of an arc in the world.

The bridge has been eclipsed as a symbol, in 1973 with the opening of Sydney Opera House, situated at Bennelong Point, in the Gulf where there is a natural harbor - Port Jackson, which is currently one of the most famous pieces of modern architecture worldwide and printed on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage list in 2007.

Another architectural masterpiece is undoubtedly located in Sydney St Mary's Cathedral, the cathedral dedicated Christians ajutatoarei - considered the protector of Mary and Australia. Imposing building is built over a basilica by Pope Pius XI in 1930, being the largest Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern hemisphere. St. Mary's Cathedral was built after a plan with typical English Gothic style architecture, during the nineteenth century, its facade inspired by the model of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

Sydney has a population of over 4.2 million inhabitants, the metropolitan area populated mainly by descendants of British and Irish immigrants, but as in other Australian cities, Sydney has been transformed in recent years by migration from southern Europe and South East Asia, this finding is a high concentration of Lebanese, Vietnamese and other Asian immigrants, and a large number of Italians and Greeks. Sydney is the capital of commercial, industrial, financial and tourism to Australia and one of the most important financial centers in Asia - Pacific, lying here and registered six of the largest corporations.

Sydney is a city that loves the night life and this is not to be missed, either try the street bars and clubs of Oxford Street, or you catch the morning in the neighborhoods traditional breweries Kings Cross and The Rock. After dark light support architectural animates the city, especially in the Sydney Opera House Circular Key, where you can enjoy performances of ballet and classical music concerts.

Sydney is located at a distance of less than an hour away by plane from Australia's other major cities such as Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra.

In Sydney summers are hot and winters are mild, temperatures ranging from 13 to 22 degrees Celsius, with a 1195 mm annual rainfall.

Sydney | Sydney is the capital of New South Galli. With a population of over 4.1 million inhabitants, is the largest city in Australia. It is also the oldest settlement in Australia colonized by Europeans, was founded as a British colony in 1788

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