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Viewing world from another angle (5)

People's Daily Online)  08:21, December 04, 2012

La Plata, Argentina: The city has the shape of a square with a central park and two main diagonal avenues. Each of its six blocks has a small park. Other than the diagonals, all street are on a rectangular grid, and are numbered consecutively.. Thus La Plata has nickname of “City of Diagonals”. (Photo/Xinhua)

Edited and translated by Wang Xin, People's Daily Online.

Every metropolis in the world has its own design, unique feature, purpose and artistry. The following aerial photographs of the cities present their planning full of artistic charm.

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(Editor:王欣、王金雪)

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