City of Gold
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Myth and legend
- Quivira and CíbolaQuivira and CíbolaQuivira is a place first mentioned by Francisco Vazquez de Coronado in 1541, who visited it during his searches for the mythical "Seven Cities of Gold". The location and identity of the "Quivirans" has been much debated over a wide area, including Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri...
, two of the mythical seven Cities of Gold - El DoradoEl DoradoEl Dorado is the name of a Muisca tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and, as an initiation rite, dived into a highland lake.Later it became the name of a legendary "Lost City of Gold" that has fascinated – and so far eluded – explorers since the days of the Spanish Conquistadors...
, Mythical city of gold- El Dorado (disambiguation)El Dorado (disambiguation)El Dorado is a mythical city of gold.El Dorado or Eldorado may also refer to:- Mars :* A field of dark rippled sand on the side of Columbia Hills is named El Dorado...
- El Dorado (disambiguation)
- City of the CaesarsCity of the CaesarsThe City of the Caesars , also variously known as City of the Patagonia, Wandering City, Trapalanda or Trapananda, Lin Lin or Elelín, is a mythical city of South America. It is supposedly located somewhere in Patagonia, in some valley of the Andes between Chile and Argentina...
, Mythical South American city of great wealth - Sierra del PlataSierra del PlataSierra de la Plata , was a legendary treasury of silver that was believed to be located in South America. The legend probably originated when the European survivors of a shipwreck were given abundant gifts of silver by the native peoples.In the early 16th century, the estuary of the Uruguay and...
, Legendary treasury of silver in South America - La CanelaLa CanelaLa Canela, the Valley of Cinnamon, is a legendary location in South America. As with El Dorado, its legend grew out of expectations aroused by the voyage of Columbus...
, Legendary location in South America said to contain large amounts of gold and spices - PaititiPaititiPaititi is a legendary Inca lost city or utopian rich land said to lie east of the Andes, hidden somewhere within the remote rain forests of southeast Peru, northern Bolivia or southwest Brazil...
, legendary lost city said to lie east of the Andes in the rain forest - LankaLankaSri Lanka is the name given in Hindu mythology to the island fortress capital of the legendary king Ravana in the great Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata...
, The mythical capital city of Ravana in the epic Ramayana
Lost city
- Lost cityLost cityA "Lost City" is a term that is generally considered to refer to a well-populated area which fell into terminal decline, became extensively or completely uninhabited, and whose location has been forgotten. Some lost cities whose locations have been rediscovered have been studied extensively by...
- Lost city (disambiguation)Lost city (disambiguation)In the popular imagination, a lost city is a real, once prosperous and well-populated area of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost.Lost City may also refer to:...
- Lost city (disambiguation)
- see also :Category:Lost cities and towns
Books
- City of Gold (book), a collection of Old Testament stories retold for children by Peter Dickinson
- City of Gold (Deighton), a spy thriller by Len DeightonLen DeightonLeonard Cyril Deighton is a British military historian, cookery writer, and novelist. He is perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRESS File, which was made into a film starring Michael Caine....
- City of Gold; A biography of Bombay, by Gillian TindallGillian TindallGillian Tindall is a British writer. Among her better-known works are City of Gold: Biography of Bombay and Celestine: Voices from a French Village...
- Cities of Gold: A journey across the American southwest in pursuit of Coronado by Douglas PrestonDouglas PrestonDouglas Preston is an American author who has written seventeen popular techno-thriller and horror novels, four alone and the rest with Lincoln Child...
- The City of GoldThe City of GoldThe City of Gold is the name given to the dwelling places of the Masters in the novel The City of Gold and Lead , the second book of John Christopher's trilogy, The Tripods....
, name of several fictional, domed oppressive cities in fiction by John Christopher
Screen
- City of Gold (2010 film)City of Gold (2010 film)City of Gold is a 2010 Bollywood film released in both Hindi and Marathi languages. The film has been directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, who has directed critically acclaimed films in the past like, Astitva and Viruddh.....
, a 2010 Hindi film - City of Gold (1957 film), a 1957 National Film Board of Canada about the town of Dawson City, Yukon
Music
- City of Gold (album)City of Gold (album)City of Gold was the fifth album made by American psychedelic folk group Pearls Before Swine, and their third on Reprise Records. It was released in 1971....
, a 1971 album by Tom Rapp / Pearls Before Swine - Gold CityGold CityGold City is an American Christian music group that is based in Gadsden, Alabama.-Early years:The Mississippi-based Christianairs were renamed Gold City in Dahlonega, Georgia at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve to begin the year 1980 with bass Dallas Gilliland, tenor Bob Oliver, lead singer...
, a gospel group
Other
- Golden City (comics)Golden City (comics)Golden City is a fictional city that appears in comic books published by Dark Horse Comics, and is part of the Comics Greatest World imprint.It was created by Team CGW.Golden City first appeared in Comics' Greatest World: Golden City Week 1, in 1993...
, a fictional city in comic books published by Dark Horse - E'Goli (The City of Gold), a local nickname for JohannesburgJohannesburgJohannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
- The Golden City, a city with amazing technology as seen in Lego Exo-ForceLego Exo-ForceLEGO Exo-Force is a LEGO toy line based on the popular mecha genre from Japanese manga and anime. Mecha fans have long used LEGO bricks to build both imaginative new designs and their interpretations of classic mecha, but Exo-Force is the first time LEGO has dedicated a whole toy line to this...
See also
- City of God (disambiguation)City of God (disambiguation)City of God may refer to:*the unity between the Holy Roman Empire and the Church in the Middle Ages*City of God , 5th century book by St...
- Seven Cities of Gold (disambiguation)
- The Mysterious Cities of GoldThe Mysterious Cities of Goldabbreviated MCoG, is a Japanese-French animated series co-produced by DiC Entertainment and Studio Pierrot. The series premiered in Japan on NHK on May 1, 1982 and ran weekly for 39 episodes until its conclusion on February 5, 1983...