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25/06/2018 Euro Capitals of Culture Between 2001 and 2018 there’ve been 34 European Capitals of Culture (as listed).  Link one of these to the clues shown in each of the 15 questions

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Candidate Capital of Culture Cities...

Aarhus - Bruges - Cork - Essen - Genoa - Graz - Guimaräes - Istanbul - Košice - Leeuwarden - Lille - Linz - Liverpool - Luxembourg - Maribor - Marseille - Mons - Paphos - Patras - Pécs - Pizeň - Porto - Riga - Rotterdam - Salamanca - San Sebastián - Sibiu - Stavanger - Tallinn - Turku - Umeá - Valletta - Vilnius - Wroclaw

1.

Once part of Poland

 

Hannibal Lecter born here

 

2.

Euro 2016:

Wales  v Belgium

 

Charles De Gaulle born here

3.

Capital of Liguria

 

Christopher Columbus

born here
  Vilnius   Lille   Genoa

4.

Donostia in local language

 

Home to Real Sociedad

5.

Europe’s oldest Chinese quarter

 

Évoque cars made here

6.

On River Douro

 

Won European Champions Cup in 1987 & 2004

  San Sebastián   Liverpool   Porto

7.

German ‘Breslau’

 

Capital of Lower Silesia on River Oder

8.

Lace-making

 

Audrey Hepburn film The Nun’s Story set here

9.

Erasmus born here

 

Alternative to anywhere for Beautiful South

  Wroclaw   Bruges   Rotterdam
10.

Largest city in its country

 

Straddles strait meaning ‘oxford’

11.

Big oil city

 

Rated by some the world’s most expensive city

12.

On River Lee

 

Motto:

‘A safe harbour for ships’

  Istanbul   Stavanger   Cork
13.

Capital of Hainaut

 

Scene of last shot of World War 1

14.

Key role in WW2

 

Founded by the Knights of St John

15.

River Aura

 

Oldest and most southerly city in its country

  Mons   Valletta   Turku