Cities

Saint Bavon (Bavo) was born in Allowin near Liege, to the Haspengouw family - legend calls him the son of Pepin of Landen.

There is a tower on Glastonbury Hill, which is the remains of a church that once stood here.

Ghent's area is 156.2 square kilometers.

Since the 10th century, San Gimignano was governed by the bishops of Volterra (a city in the province of Pisa), although they never lived in the city itself.

Built by Peter I, the city was to be entirely made of brick.

The first structure that initiated the construction of the city was the Petropavlovsk Fortress.

Kulczycki is widely credited with opening the first café in Vienna and one of the first in Europe, known as the “House Under the Blue Bottle” on Schlossergassl Street, next to the cathedral.

As the city's population grew (over 102.000 in 1900), problems arose with supplying water to its inhabitants.

Palermo is known for the existence of its most powerful mafia criminal group, Cosa Nostra.

Finnish and Swedish are the official languages in Helsinki.