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We Built This City

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‘The Big Apple,’ ‘The City of Lights’ and ‘Old London Town’ – long before these world-famous cities earned their reputations as international hubs for fun, fame and fashion, they were humble settlements and trading centres. So how did a small island give birth to London, a top world power and one of the most famous cities in the world? How did New York grow from a simple Dutch settlement into the home of the world’s first suspension bridge? And how did Paris evolve from a lowly Roman trading hub into the capital of romance and glamour as it is known today? 'We Built This City' investigates how some of the greatest cities in the world rose to prominence through architectural, engineering and scientific breakthroughs. Using innovative computer graphics, each episode strips away the centuries to tell the amazing stories of their growth from green pastures to thriving metropolises. Special animation reveals how each city’s major structures were built, literally from the ground up.