Cities

Its official city flower is White Yulan.

In the 3rd century, Ephesus was invaded by the Goths, who plundered the city.

After Russia's annexation of two self-proclaimed republics in the Ukrainian Donbas in 2022 and the earlier annexation of Crimea, Czech and Polish “X” (former Twitter) users put forward the idea of annexing Kaliningrad to the Czech Republic.

Chicago experienced its greatest boom at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The city is home to more than 2.76 million people.

Bruges has a nearly 100-kilometer-long network of active canals, by which it is connected to Ostend, Zeebrugge (a port built by the Germans during World War I for U-boats), and Ghent.

One of the city's most distinguished figures was Antoon Triest, a bishop and great lover and patron of the arts.

In 1861, Tuscany became part of the Kingdom of Italy.

It houses one of the largest museums in the world—Prado.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, on August 20, 1991, Estonia declared independence, and Tallinn became its capital again.