| RHONEALPES | Region of France, site of Chambery (once the capital of the Dukedom of Savoie), Lyon (food capital o |
| PUTTOSEA | Set off and shot round borders of Savoie area |
| BOLOGNA | The food capital of Italy, which offers coffee-tasting lessons (7) |
| OSAKAN | Native of Japan's "food capital" |
| REIMS | Unofficial capital of the Champagne wine-growing region in France, site of the baptism of Clovis and the traditional coronation place of French kings (5) |
| KIEV | What was once the capital of Russia and is now the capital of the Ukraine and one of the oldest citi |
| NAPLES | This city was once the capital of the Two Sicillies. It lies on the west coast of the Italian peninsula, 120 miles (190 km) southeast of Rome. Mount Vesuvius to its east and the Campi Flegrei (Phlegra |
| VERDUN | City in the Meuse department of northeastern France, site of the longest and largest battle of the First World War (6) |
| VERSAILLES | Capital of the Yvelines department in northern France; site of a royal palace built for Louis XIV c. 1661-1678 (10) |
| LAHAINA | Maui locale that was once the capital of the kingdom of Hawaii |
| UDAIPUR | City in Rajasthan, India; once the capital of the kingdom of Mewar (7) |
| DRESDEN | German city, once the capital of the Kingdom of , Saxony (7) |
| AMIENS | City of N France, site of the country's largest cathedral |
| PETRA | Jordanian city that was once the capital of the Nabataean empire |
| CUZCO | Peruvian city that was once the capital of the Inca Empire |
| RAVENNA | Italian city that was once the capital of the Western Roman Empire (7) |
| VALENCIA | Spanish city (pop about 750,000), once the capital of a Moorish kingdom (8) |
| KYOTO | City in central Japan; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan. (5) |
| SEDAN | Commune in Ardennes, NE France, site of a 1940 World War II battle (5) |
| ARMENTIERES | Commune in Nord, N France; site of a 1914 battle in World War One |
