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Atlanta

On Atlanta's flag, the phoenix rises from the flames — symbol of a city destroyed, rebuilt, and propelled to the rank of global metropolis.

The flag of Atlanta

Atlanta's symbol is a phoenix, and that is no accident. During the Civil War, the city was burned almost entirely. The flag takes up this mythical bird as a permanent reminder: here, we never stay down.

Highways intertwine, skyscrapers rise, and each neighborhood tells a different story.

The flag flies over a city that constantly reinvents itself. A simple, old, but powerful symbol: Atlanta knows how to burn, but above all how to rise again — again and again.

Cultural Universe

Music, books, films and series that capture the soul of this city

🎵Music

  • Stankonia(2000)
    OutKast
    Hip-hop sudiste révolutionnaire
  • Trap Muzik(2003)
    T.I.
    Naissance de la trap
  • Culture(2017)
    Migos

📚Books

  • Gone with the Wind(1936)
    Margaret Mitchell
    Atlanta pendant la Guerre Civile
  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil(1994)
    John Berendt
    Savannah, Géorgie

🎬Films

  • Gone with the Wind(1939)
    Victor Fleming
  • Driving Miss Daisy(1989)
    Bruce Beresford
    Relations raciales dans le Sud

📺Series

  • Atlanta(2016)
    Donald Glover
    Surréalisme et vie noire à Atlanta
  • The Walking Dead(2010)
    Frank Darabont
    Zombies en Géorgie

“A city tells its story as much through its flags as through its songs, novels, and screens.”

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