| UDAIPUR | City in Rajasthan, India; historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar (7) |
| ZILA | British India historic district (4) |
| AVIGNON | Situated on the left bank of the Rhone and known for a children's song about a bridge, a historic capital of Provence (7) |
| DRESDEN | German city, once the capital of the Kingdom of , Saxony (7) |
| WROCLAW | Historic capital of Silesia (7) |
| LAHAINA | It was the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii |
| JODHPUR | Second-largest city in Rajasthan, where a style of riding-breeches originates (7) |
| MBABANE | Capital of the kingdom formerly called Swaziland (7) |
| BIKANER | City in Rajasthan (7) |
| DEEG | City in Rajasthan, India, noted for its palace |
| AJMER | City in Rajasthan, India, housing Mayo College (5) |
| SCONE | Historic capital of the Picts in ancient Scotland; from it a coronation stone has been taken, last used as Charles III was crowned (5) |
| MOSTAR | Chief city and historic capital of Herzegovina, in the south on the Neretva River (6) |
| PERPIGNAN | City in South France, the historic capital of Roussillon (9) |
| BURGOS | Spanish city, the historic capital of Castile (6) |
| ZARAGOZA | City in northeast Spain on the River Ebro; capital of the Kingdom of Aragon from the 12th century (8) |
| MINASTIRITH | Capital of the kingdom of Gondor in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954-5) (5,6) |
| TURIN | City in NW Italy, on the Po & capital of the Kingdom of Italy, 1860-65. |
| INCA | Cusco was the historic capital of this empire |
| GHENT | Belgian city and historic capital of Flanders (5) |
