Satellite images show amazing intricacy of the world's most eye catching 'planned' towns and cities


Imaginative layouts make some urban areas as distinctive from the sky as they are at ground level


Designs show the skills of city planners over hundreds of years - from the Renaissance to the 1960s


At first glance some of these extraordinary satellite images could be mistaken for bizarre works of modern art rather than towns and cities that are home to millions of people.


From the elegant bird-shaped design of Brazil's capital Brasilia, to the circles and intricate diagonal grid pattern of downtown Washington DC - some of the greatest urban spaces on Earth look almost as distinctive from space as they do at ground level.


And the ingenuity of the architects who planned and designed them through the ages, from the Renaissance to the 1960s, can still be seen today.

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Waiting!!!

Show us what Brazil subway train looks like.
Do they have parking ticket for cars?

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Teslason:
Show us what Brazil subway train looks like.
Do they have parking ticket for cars?

yea I will,we don't pay for parking

Canberra: Australia's capital city has the nickname the 'Bush Capital' due to its preponderance of open spaces and natural vegetation

walkbrazil4k:


yea I will,we don't pay for parking

Not like the states.

Palmanova: Built during the Renaissance, Palmanova in Italy is said to be the only town in the world designed to follow the ideals of a 'utopia.' Shaped like a star, it was created as a fortress to help defend the area against Ottoman attack

El Salvador, Chile: Constructed in the middle of a desert in Chile to provide homes for copper miners - El Salvador was shaped like a Roman helmet by its designer in the 1950s

Washington, D.C: It was designed as America's capital - and Washington certainly lives up to its elevated status architecturally as shown in this satellite image

La Plata, Argentina: La Plata's intricate layout features a square with two major roads crossing it diagonally into its central plaza

Jaipur, India: This beautiful city was built in the 18th Century based on the principles of Vastu Shastra or 'science of construction. It features a grid system and a huge central palace complex

Adelaide, Australia: The city has been named as one of the world's best places to live - and it is not hard to see why with green parkland completely surrounding its central district

New Haven: Nicknamed the 'Elm City' because of its mature trees - New Haven is one of the oldest and most attractive cities in the United States. The city is built in a grid pattern around a central square called New Haven Green

Belo Horizonte, Brazil: One of Brazil's largest cities, Belo Horizonte is located on a number of hills and boasts some of the country's finest modern and historic architecture

Teslason:

Not like the states.

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walkbrazil4k:


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They pay in Mexico city too!

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Teslason:

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