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Salisbury, global city

The city of Salisbury has been named one of the top ten cities in the world to visit next year. The list, drawn up by Lonely Planet, a travel guide, placed the city seventh, above Toronto and Vienna, but below Plovdiv in Bulgaria, Valletta in Malta and El Chaltén in Argentina. The others are Chennai, Milan and Zermatt, with Washington, DC placed number one. Lonely Planet said Salisbury has for too long been seen as just “a short stop on the way to Stonehenge”. In 2015 it celebrates the 800th anniversary of its greatest treasure, the nation’s best-preserved copy of Magna Carta, housed in the city’s magnificent cathedral.

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