My City of Ruins shows in subsequent years. The song was played regularly on The Rising Tour and the Sessions Band Tour. As such, "My City of Ruins" was included on the "Live in Barcelona" concert video and as a PBS special edition EP bonus track on "". After a tour of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, Bruce Springsteen played this song at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. During the Working on a Dream Tour date in Rome, in July 2009, Bruce dedicated this song to the victims of the earthquake which devastated the Italian city of l'Aquila a few
Italian city-states town revolts led to the foundation of city-states throughout medieval Europe, such as in Russia (Novgorod Republic, 12th century), in Flanders (Battle of Golden Spurs, 14th century) in Switzerland (the towns of the Old Swiss Confederacy, 14th century), in Germany (the Hanseatic League, 14th–15th century), and in Prussia (Thirteen Years' War, 15th century). Some Italian city-states became great military powers very early on. Venice and Genoa acquired vast naval empires in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, some of which threatened those of the growing Ottoman Empire. During the Fourth Crusade (1204), Venice conquered a quarter of the Byzantine Empire. The