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Edits: Córdoba, Spain: Museums

The Magdalena by Julio Romero de Torres.

The Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of Córdoba is a provincial museum located in near the Guadalquivir River.  The museum was officially opened in 1867 and shared space with the Museum of Fine Arts until 1920. In 1960, the museum was relocated to the Renaissance Palace of Páez de Castillo where it remains to present day. The Archaeological and Ethnological Museum has eight halls which contain pieces from the middle to late bronze age, to Roman culture, visigothic art, and Islamic culture.

The Julio Romero de Torres Museum is located next to the Guadalquivir River and was opened in November of 1931.  The home of Julio Romero de Torres, has undergone many renovations and been turned into a museum and it has also been home to several other historical institutions such as the Archaeological Museum (1868-1917) and the Museum of Fine Arts. Many of the works include paintings and motifs done by Julio Romero de Torres himself.

The Museum of Fine Arts is located next to the Julio Romero de Torres Museum which it shares a courtyard with.  The building originally was for the old Hospital for Charity but after that the building went under many renovations and renewals to become the renaissance style building it is today.  The Museum of Fine Arts contains many works from the baroque period, medieval renaissance art, work from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, drawings, mannerist art and other unique works.

The Diocesan Museum is located in the Episcopal Palace, Cordoba which was built upon a formerly Arabic castle. The collection within houses many paintings, sculptures and furniture.

Other notable museums within Córdoba:

• The Arab Baths of the Fortress Califal
• Botanical Museum of Cordova
• Three Cultures Museum
• Bullfighting Museum
• Molino de Martos Hydraulic Museum
• Museo Palacio de Viana

Article Evaluation: Córdoba, Spain: Museums

The portion about museums was only a list without any other information. There could be some small description captions for each as well as links sourcing the information.

My Edits: Florence: Transportation

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I have changed around sections. Some of them need adding to however I have not necessarily gotten around to that. I have rephrased art of the section under the busses and just under the main header I thought that this would make the words flow better. The statistics section I found was accurate still despite the article saying the last major edits were made in 2013. I did check some sources - which are correct.

The centre of Florence is closed to through-traffic, although buses, taxis and residents with appropriate permits are allowed in. This area is commonly referred to as the ZTL (Zona Traffico Limitato), which is divided into several subsections. Residents of one section, therefore, will only be able to drive in their district and perhaps some surrounding ones. Cars without permits are allowed to enter after 7.30 pm, or before 7.30 am. The rules shift during the tourist-filled summers, putting more restrictions on where one can get in and out.

Buses

Edit: The principal public transit network in the city is the ATAF and Li-nea bus company. Individual tickets, or a pass called Carta Agile with multiple rides, should be purchased in advance and are available at local tobacconists, bars and newspaper stalls and must be validated once on board. These tickets may be used on ATAF and Li-nea busses, Tramvia and second-class local trains only within city railway stations. Train tickets must be validated before boarding.

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Long distance 10 km (6.21 mi) buses are run by the SITA, Copit, CAP companies. The transit companies also accommodate travellers from the Amerigo Vespucci Airport, which is 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the city centre, and which has scheduled services run by major European carriers. [need source]

Edit: Trams (new section)

Update: Transit statistics are up to date

Article Evaluation: Florence: Transportation

The first thing I noticed was how personal the article sounded. "Once on the bus, the rider must stamp tickets (or swipe the Carta Agile) by using the machines on board, unlike train tickets, which must be validated before boarding." It could be switched to something like... "Bus systems use stamps onboard while train ticketing..." Although I don't think the information is that important in the first place unless there is something more specific- this should be maybe left for a tourist guide. I was confused by the first paragraph in general. I would perhaps just discuss the bus system and maybe point out major points of transit.. and go into detail if there are any interesting or different means of transit. For instance, San Francisco is well known for streetcars or the implementation of a bullet train from SF to LA would be an interesting point to talk about. The section about the airport is relatively small. Maybe there is more information there?

Article Evaluation: Urbanization

The article about urbanization has several main topics: History, Causes, Dominant conubation, Economic effect, Environmental effects. I think that all of the topics are fairly relevant however I noticed that the Dominant conurbation heading had no sourcing and could be removed. It was sort of a footnote in comparison with all the other main points.

I don't think there were that many. I think that in the historical section there could have been more information especially regarding change between the 1800 into 1900 regarding technological changes that could have contributed to urbanization.

The article was fairly neutral as far as I could tell. I did notice that there are some spellings that are British English as opposed to American English which makes me wonder about of that particularly matters especially since wikipedia is generally used by anyone. That being said, I notice that there was a lot of information about the US rather than other countries in some parts which goes to show that everyone has some sort of bias especially when writing with regard to how something affects someone personally versus generally.

Some of the sources [12] links do not work and I was led to a error page several times when trying to open some sources at the bottom of the page.