@mattblaze ...as is Rome. Anyways, it is rather usual at least in Austria to name things, mostly streets, after foreign cities and countries -- either because they lead there, or in honour of those countries; Vienna has an "Argentinierstrasse" because Argentina helped Austria out financially during the 1920s/1930s crisis, and a "Mexikoplatz" because Mexiko was the only country to protest when Nazi Germany annexed us. Oh, and a "Spanische Hofreitschule" (with the Lippizans) for some reason.