8 Stunning One-Color Towns Around The World

December 20, 2012

[i][b][size=4][font=Verdana, sans-serif]1. [/font][left][font=Verdana, sans-serif]Júzcar, Spain[/font][/left][/size][/b][/i]

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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]In December 2011, Sony Pictures offered to repaint the town. Citizens voted to leave the buildings painted blue, as an estimated [/size][/font][/color][i][b]80,000 tourists[/b][/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3] visited in the six months following the repainting. The town normally sees 300 tourists per year[/size][/font][/color]

[i][b]2. Izamal, Mexico[/b][/i]
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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]The first thing you notice about Izamal is the color: Virtually all the buildings and facades in Izamal are [/size][/font][/color][i][b]painted a rich mustard yellow[/b][/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3], as is the convent. It is a very walkable city, and part of the pleasure of Izamal is simply wandering about its narrow streets, discovering picturesque facades, stone churches, artistic workshops and even Maya pyramids behind every other corner.[/size][/font][/color]

[i][b]3. Jaipur, India[/b][/i]
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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]Nicknamed the “[/size][/font][/color][i][b]pink city[/b][/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]”, Jaipur, the capital city of the desert state of [/size][/font][/color][i][b]Rajasthan[/b][/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3], features architecture of pink sandstone - from grand structures and forts to tiny markets. The town looks even more surreal with elephants, camels and cows strolling past the pink buildings.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]Jaipur was founded in 1727 AD. by Sawai Jai Singh II and was named after him. In 1863 Jaipur dressed itself in "pink" to welcome Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. The colour became an integral part of the city and it came to be known as `The Pink City`. The capital city of Rajasthan still preserves its rich heritage and culture and is a fine blend of antiquity and modernity[/size][/font][/color]

[i][b][size=4]4. Jodhpur, India[/size][/b][/i]

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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]It is still unknown why they all painted in the color blue, but some will say that it has something to do with the caste system in India. This historic city is full of forts, palaces and temples.[/size][/font][/color]

[i][b]5. Collonges-la-Rouge, France[/b][/i]
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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]Collonges-la-Rouge is 23 km (14.3 mi) southeast of Brive in the Limousin. This French town is a very attractive, and very popular with visitors to the region - the first thing you will notice is the colour of the place - more or less all the houses have been constructed from the local sandstone, which is very [/size][/font][/color][i][b]red[/b][/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]![/size][/font][/color]

[i][b]6. Piódão, Portugal[/b][/i]
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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]Due to dark stone that is the basic building material, almost all the [/size][/font][/color][i][b]houses in this village are brown[/b][/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3].[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3] It was considered Portugal’s most typical village in the decade of 1980.[/size][/font][/color]

[i][b]7. Ubrique, Spain[/b][/i]
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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]One of the largest and most famous "white towns" is [/size][/font][/color][i][b]Ubrique[/b][/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]. This town is located in the province of Cádiz, Spain. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 17,362 inhabitants. Almost all the facades of houses, buildings and institutions in the town are [/size][/font][/color][i][b]painted in white[/b][/i]

[i][b]8. Chefchaoen, Morocco[/b][/i]

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[color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3]Chefchaouen or Chaouen is a town in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name, and is noted for its [/size][/font][/color][b][i]buildings in[/i][/b][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color][i][b]shades of blue[/b][/i][color=#000000][font=Verdana, sans-serif][size=3].[/size][/font][/color]