Richmond

About this city

Also known as: The River City, RVA

Richmond, the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, is an independent city dynamically situated at the fall line of the James River in east-central Virginia. Incorporated in 1742, it resonates with deep colonial, revolutionary, and Civil War history while thriving today as a powerful financial, legal, and creative technological epicenter. Richmond seamlessly blends its monumental brick industrial architecture and cobblestone streets with a nationally recognized craft brewing culture, cutting-edge culinary trends, and modern river rapids.