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City of the Caesers

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The hunt for mythical cities has been going on for ages, especially with the amount of mythical cities  that have come and gone without any hint of their existence but the stories told about them. The City of Caesers, also named "La Ciudad de los Cesares", is another one on the list of mythical cities.            According to the legend, this city is located somewhere between what is now Chile and Argentina, specifically Patagonia. It also hits the list of "cities of gold"😉 as it was known to be rich in gold and diamonds. Furthermore, its inhabitants are controversial in description, the range varies from European-features to giants. This city was very much believed to be true in the 16 th Century, but not today.        The first reference to the city goes back to 1528, from the Spanish man named Francisco Ceasar who went on an expedition in Argentina and stumbled upon the city there.  ...

El Dorado "City of Gold"

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There are many legends about lost cities in the world, each with its own unique feature. This one really speaks out, I mean how many cities are  there in the world that are made of gold?!😮😖 You may have heard about El Dorado, the city that is made of gold. So let's delve into this a bit more. The legend goes that some hundreds of years ago, specifically the 16 th Century in South America, Colombia. There was this man named El Dorado-the king of the Musica tribe. The story goes that this man was so wealthy he started covering himself in gold dust, jump into Lake Guatavita, then surface clean. A bunch of jewelry would be thrown with him in the lake as well, as an offering to the gods according to them. Somehow the word got to the Spanish people, and so the myth was born. The Spanish tried finding this city of gold, in which they found some gold in Lake Guatavita, but apparently it wasn't enough for them so they kept looking. For the next centuries, people from A...