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September 9th, 2026
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Theme: Cities Built on the Cacao and Chocolate Trade
Chocolate's journey from Mesoamerican ritual drink to global industry left its mark on port and factory towns alike. Villahermosa sits amid the ancient cacao lands of Tabasco, while Bristol grew rich importing New World cacao for Europe's first chocolate factories. Basel became a Swiss chocolate hub thanks to Lindt and Suchard, and Hershey, Pennsylvania was built from scratch entirely around Milton Hershey's candy empire. San Pedro de Macorís, meanwhile, still ships much of the Dominican Republic's prized cacao beans to the world.
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Hershey, PennsylvaniaA Pennsylvania town founded around Milton Hershey's chocolate company in the early 1900s.
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Bristol, United KingdomAn English port city where Fry's chocolate factory operated for over two centuries.
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Basel, SwitzerlandA Swiss city long associated with chocolate makers including Suchard and Lindt.
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Villahermosa, MexicoThe capital of Tabasco, a Mexican state with a deep pre-Columbian cacao-growing tradition.
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San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican RepublicA Dominican port city near cacao-growing regions supplying beans for export.