Chester is the most beautiful city in the world, according to science

Posted On: August 8, 2023

If recently we talked about the most beautiful roads in the world, today it’s time to talk about cities. Scientists have spoken and listed anything and everything most beautiful cities in the world adjusted for the golden ratio, a classical measure of Greek mathematics for determining the beauty of an object or person. AND The most beautiful city in the world is… Chester. By now perhaps you have raised your eyebrows and you are wondering where this city is and how it could possibly win another city like Venice, Rome, London or Barcelona. Well, Chester, a city in the northwest of Great Britain that was founded by the Romans in the first century AD.

Chester, in addition to its Roman origin, offers you impressive time travel during your visit. As we said, founded 2,000 years ago as Deva, a camp of the XX Legion which became one of the most important Roman settlements in Great Britain. That is evidenced by remains such as the walls or the amphitheater.

But it’s also still important medieval traces, such as its half-timbered houses, The Rows (some Medieval galleries) or castle, from the 11th century, superbly preserved. Also noteworthy are the Gothic cathedral and the eye-catching Eastgate Clock, one of the most photographed clocks in the world.

Scientists chose Chester as the most beautiful city in the world because it is the highest building percentage (83.7%) corresponds to the golden ratio. The golden ratio is used as a barometer of beauty and numerically is a ratio of 1:1.618.

By using this formula, a building parallel to it will contain forms and structures that are interconnected in these proportions. It has been proved that man recognizes objects developed with this enlarged proportion as beauty. An example: the actor with the best golden ratio is neither more nor less than Paul Newman.

Study done Online Mortgage Advisor, reviewed frontal photographs of more than 2,400 buildings in historic cities around the world. They then plotted points on the corners of each building to calculate them “the ratio of the longest to the shortest length of its dimensions”. They then compared that ratio to the golden ratio (1:1.618) to see if it matched.

So is downtown Chester.

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The 20 most beautiful cities in the world according to science (and the golden ratio)

Of course, Chester won a bit, as you can see, other beautiful cities like Venice, London or Belfast followed closely. To find a Spanish presence we have to go to list number 6, Barcelona, whereas outside of Europe only New York appears, at 18th.