@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.

@mattblaze This reads like a clipart@mastodon.art caption.

@mattblaze Drain the steps!

@mattblaze When I have visited DC that was actually my impression. The architecture felt like a Disneyland version of many of the old European cities that had been part of the old Roman Empire. I was also reminded of that when I visited Skopje in North Macedonia a few years ago, which has undergone a “pseudo-classification” in the 2010s. Because of its location, it felt more like it made sense for those buildings to be there. But they were just as fake. blocal-travel.com/balkans/mace