Coventry is a British town in central England, east of Birmingham between London and the Midlands. Its fame in the past was associated with the expansion of the industry of manufacturing clocks, sewing machines and all means of locomotion: it was the world’s leading town in bicycle manufacture; subsequently it hosted the headquarters of the car industry’s finest assets. Following an air raid in 1940, the town was 90% destroyed. It was rebuilt on the ruins of the old town, which gave way to universities, schools and shops. The new cathedral in a modern style sums up the town’s legendary vitality, ever reborn from its ashes.
The town is twinned with the towns of Arnhem (Netherlands), Belgrade (Serbia), Bologna (Italy), Caen (France), Cork (Ireland), Cornwall (Canada), Coventry, Connecticut, Coventry, New York State and Coventry, Rhode Island (United States), Dresden and Kiel (Germany), Dunaujvaros and Kecskemét, (Hungary), Galati (Romania), Granby (Canada), Graz (Austria), Jinan (China), Kingston (Jamaica), Lidice and Ostrava (Czech Republic), Parkes (Australia), Saint-Etienne (France), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Warsaw (Poland), Volgograd (Russian Federation) and Windsor (Canada).
