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Big things come in small packages: the century's last cultural capital.

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From: Europe
Date: 19990301
Author:Laushway, Ester

Weimar, a former East German town, has been fittingly chosen as Europe's city of culture for 1999, making it the last European Cultural Capital for the 20th century. The smallest city to be named as Cultural Capital since Athen's selection in 1985, it was the residence of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for 57 years. As the year's Cultural Capital, it has allocated $30 million for its cultural calendar for 1999, which includes classical concerts and a requiem for the 20th century to be composed by Billy Joel. Its term as 1999 Cultural Capital was kicked off by a parade of 150 French musicians and ...

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