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Rome, the imperial capital at the height of the territorial expansion

Caput Mundi is a Latin phrase used to describe a city as the capital of the world. Some major cities since the ancient times have been described as the Caput Mundi, which include Rome, Jerusalem, and then Constantinople (today's Istanbul). Other important cities to have been called as the "Novum Caput Mundi" (New Capital of the world) after the modern period include Paris, London, and New York.

Cities[edit]

Rome[edit]

Main articles: Legacy of the Roman Empire, Roman Catholic church, and Rome
Via dei Fori Imperiali, Via della Conciliazione and Via del Corso. The term First Rome is used to refer to the "Rome of the emperors", Second Rome refers to the Rome of the Popes, and third Rome refers to the Rome of the people (as capital city of Italy).[1]

Roma Caput Mundi is a Latin phrase taken to mean "Rome capital of the world" and "Roma capitale del mondo" in Italian (literally: "head of the world";[2] see capital, capitol). It originates out of a classical European understanding of the known world: Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia. The influence of Rome in the ancient world began to grow around the 2nd century BC as the Republic expanded across Southern Europe and North Africa. For the next five centuries, Rome would govern much of the known world (of traditional Greco-Roman geography). The cultural influence of the local language of Rome (Latin) as well as Roman art, architecture, law, religion, and philosophy was significant. The Imperial city of Rome adopted as its nickname Caput Mundi, attributing this to its perception of an enduring power of Ancient Rome and the Roman Catholic Church.[3][4][5] Today it still remains one of the most visited cities in the world.

Jerusalem[edit]

Map of the Holy Land, "the first non-Ptolemaic map of a definite country".[6] Jerusalem is viewed from the west; the octagonal Dome of the Rock stands left of King Solomon's Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Because of its religious, historical and political significance, Jerusalem has been both called Caput Mundi and Umbilicus Mundi. It has been an important territory in the life of Jesus and Abrahamic prophets. The city still remains an important spiritual and a politically controversial site to the followers of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Baháʼí Faith.[7][8][9][10][11]

Today, the status of Jerusalem remains one of the core issues in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. According to David Ben-Gurion, "No city in the world, not even Athens or Rome, ever played as great a role in the life of a nation for so long a time, as Jerusalem has done in the life of the Jewish people."

Constantinople[edit]

A view of Levent, one of the main business districts in Istanbul and home to the city's tallest buildings

Constantinople, also known as Eastern Rome or the New Rome, was built as the second Caput Mundi by Emperor Constantine in 330 AD, the first Roman Emperor to openly convert to Christianity.[12] By 500 AD, Constantinople had somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000 people, edging out its predecessor, Rome, for world's largest city. It served as an imperial capital for almost 16 centuries. During much of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was the largest city in Europe.[13]

The Byzantine Empire lasted for over a thousand years with the center always at Constantinople, except between 1204 and 1261, when it was centered in the capitals of Nicaea, Trebizond, Arta and Thessaloniki.

The city was seen as the "Capital of the World" because of its prime trading position in the center of the medieval world. This privileged position continued after its Islamic conquest, even as the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The Patriarch of Constantinople has been designated Ecumenical Patriarch since the sixth century, and has come to be regarded as the leader of the today 300 million Orthodox Christians.[14][15][16]

Today, the city's name is Istanbul, based in Turkey. It is a megacity of 15 million people and the economic and cultural centre of Turkey, but not the capital, which is Ankara. Istanbul is one of the largest cities in the world.

Paris[edit]

Cityscape of Paris

Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, science, and arts.

Today, Paris remains one of the world's leading business, financial, and cultural centres, and its influence in politics, education, technology, entertainment, media, fashion and the arts all contribute to its status as a major global city.

Greater Paris, comprising Paris and its three surrounding departments, received 38 million visitors in 2019, a record, measured by hotel arrivals.[17] In 2018, measured by the Euromonitor Global Cities Destination Index, Paris was the second-busiest airline destination in the world, with 19.10 million visitors, behind Bangkok (22.78 million) but ahead of London (19.09 million).[18] The city's top cultural attraction in 2018 was the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris (13 million visitors), followed by the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur (11 million visitors), followed by the Louvre (9.6 million visitors); the Eiffel Tower (6.1 million visitors); the Centre Pompidou (3.5 million visitors); and the Musée d'Orsay (3.3 million visitors).[17]

Paris is a major railway, highway, and air-transport hub served by international airports, the busiest one: Paris–Charles de Gaulle (second busiest airport in Europe).[19][20] In terms of cargo traffic, the airport is the eleventh busiest in the world and the busiest in Europe, handling 2,102,268 metric tonnes of cargo in 2019.[21] Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily;[22] it is the second-busiest metro system in Europe after the Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th-busiest railway station in the world, but the busiest located outside Japan, with 262 million passengers in 2015.[23]

In the academic year 2004–2005, the Paris Region's 17 public universities, with its 359,749 registered students,[24] comprised the largest concentration of university students in Europe. Paris also hosts four of the top ten business schools in the world, including INSEAD, ESSEC, HEC and ESCP Europe.

Paris is a major global city, and has one of the largest city GDP in the world.[25] It ranks as the first city in Europe (and 3rd worldwide) by the number of companies classified in Fortune's Fortune Global 500.[26] Paris produced €738 billion (or US$882 billion at market exchange rates) or around 1/3 of the economy of France in 2018.[27] The PIB per inhabitant of the region was €60,100 (or $71,900 at market exchange rates), the highest in France. While the economy of the Paris metropolitan area — the largest in Europe with London—generates around 1/3 of France's GDP or almost $1.0 trillion. Paris has been ranked as the 2nd most attractive global city in the world in 2019 by KPMG.[28] La Défense, Paris's Central Business District, was ranked by Ernst & Young in 2017 as the leading business district in continental Europe, and fourth in the world.[29] The OECD is headquartered in Paris, the nation's financial capital.

In 2018 the GDP of the Paris Region was the largest in Europe, ahead of Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany. The GDP per inhabitant was the 4th highest in Europe, after Luxembourg, Brussels, and Hamburg.[27][30]

In 2018, Paris was the most expensive city in the world, with Singapore and Hong Kong.[31]

London[edit]

Cityscape of London

The capital of the British Empire, the largest empire in history,[32] London, was often called the Novum Caput Mundi. It was part of the Roman Empire and has been a major settlement since the epoch of Ancient Rome.

London still remains one of the world's leading business, financial, and cultural centres, and its influence in politics, education, technology, entertainment, media, fashion, and the arts all contribute to its status as a leading global city. In recent years, London has been the city to be marked the most times as the most important global city. Many of the world's largest corporations have their headquarters in London, the city taking a central role as a part of the wider global economy. London has sometimes been called the financial capital or centre of the world,[33][34] as it maintains the largest trade surplus in financial services around the world,[35][36][37] while, for example, having a significantly greater ratio of international to domestic business than New York. In addition, London in time and on maps is on the Prime Meridian, running directly through Greenwich (also known as the Greenwich Meridian), with its time zone as GMT+0 (UTC+0). The decision made at the International Meridian Conference was due to the dominance of the British Empire and the influence of British India; for logistical reasons, and because the United Kingdom and London remain a major global influence, this position of the Prime Meridian remains.[38] Furthermore, London is the home to the British monarch, who is the official head of state of 15 Commonwealth realms and the Head of the Commonwealth, so the symbolical leader of the association of mostly former British territories, covering 1/4 of Earth's surface and being home to 1/3 of its population.

London is the most-visited city as measured by international arrivals[39] and has the busiest city airport system as measured by passenger traffic.[40] It is the leading investment destination,[41][42][43][44] hosting more international retailers[45][46] and ultra high-net-worth individuals[47][48] than any other city. London's universities form the largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe.[49] According to the QS World University Rankings 2015/16, London has the greatest concentration of top class universities in the world,[50] and the city has even been called the educational capital of the world.[51][52] It is home to world-class institutions such as Imperial College London in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and the London School of Economics in economics, finance, and business.[53][54][55]

In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted three modern Summer Olympic Games.[56] The situation of numerous iconic landmarks, such as Big Ben, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament, and Buckingham Palace, as well as modern architecture such as the Gherkin, The Shard, the London Eye, and the O2, drew approximately 16.7 million international tourists in 2013, establishing London as the most visited city in the world for international tourists.[57] The city is also home to the world's largest library and botanical garden.

London was described as the capital of the "empire on which the sun never sets". It has presently the largest foreign-born population of any city and has been ranked as the world's capital city in terms of culture, business, technological readiness, and overall economic clout,[58] as well as attracting the most foreign investment of any global city.[59]

New York[edit]

See also: Nicknames of New York City
New York City and its Empire State Building.

New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is sometimes described by the Latin phrase "Novum Caput Mundi" ("New Capital of the World"); or more commonly by the English phrase, Capital of the World, primarily in reference to Manhattan, the core borough often referred to as simply The City by locals.[60][61] A leading global city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, and the city's fast pace[62][63][64] has inspired the term New York minute.[65] Home to the headquarters of the United Nations,[66] New York is an important center for international diplomacy[67] and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world,[68][69][70][71][72][73] despite not being the modern capital of the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.[74] In 2019, New York was voted the greatest city in the world per a survey of over 30,000 people from 48 cities worldwide, citing the city's cultural diversity.[75]

Numerous national and international private corporations have headquarters in New York. Anchored by Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, New York has been called the world's principal financial center,[76] as well as most economically powerful city[77][72][78][79][80][81] and is home to the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange per total market capitalization of its listed companies.[82] The New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, is defined by both the Metropolitan Statistical Area (19.9 million residents in 2013)[83] and the Combined Statistical Area (23.5 million residents in 2013).[84] In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of nearly US$1.39 trillion,[85] while in 2012, the CSA[86] generated a GMP of over US$1.55 trillion, both ranking first nationally by a wide margin and behind the GDP of only twelve nations and eleven nations, respectively.[87]

New York City is home to many prestigious higher education institutions with the most notable being Columbia University. According to Academic Ranking of World Universities, New York City has, on average, the best higher education institutions of any global city.[88]

New York has been ranked first among cities across the globe in attracting capital, business, and tourists.[89][90] Tourism is vital to New York, and many districts and landmarks in New York City have become well known, as the city received a record high 56 million tourists in 2014,[91] generating an all-time high US$61.3 billion in overall economic impact for New York City in 2014.[91] Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world.[92][93][94] Times Square, at the hub of the Broadway theater district, is nicknamed The Crossroads of the World,[95] The Center of the Universe,[96] and the "heart of the world".[97]

Washington, D.C.[edit]

The capital of the United States of America and the seat of the U.S. federal government, Washington, D.C. also holds the headquarters of important international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization of American States. The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty took place in Washington;[98][99] this treaty established NATO, which took part in the Cold War, and by its end, Washington was dubbed by The Washington Post as the capital of the world.[100]

Other usages[edit]

Adolf Hitler, the dictator of the Third Reich, as part of his proposed New Order, planned to make Berlin the "Caput Mundi", directing Albert Speer to formulate the Welthauptstadt Germania—a plan to rebuild Berlin in an Imperial architectural style. The central edifice of Berlin would have been the Volkshalle, from which Hitler would have issued his Imperial decrees as the absolute ruler of Europe.[citation needed]

In recent times, Milan and Paris, as well as London and New York City, were considered Cosmicos Mundi, or fashion capitals of the world.[101]

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