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Friday, 4 September 2026
20 facts about Stuttgart
20 facts about Stuttgart
A German city with the highest standard of wealth
Stuttgart is one of the largest agglomerations in Germany, the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a city with a rich wine tradition, the ...

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Epheseus
In the second half of the 20th century, an Austrian archaeological mission cleaned up the ruins of St. John's Basilica and rebuilt the confession (the tomb of a saint, martyr or the vestibule leading to his tomb placed under the main altar, or the altar) of St. John.
Work recently carried out thanks to the support of a religious foundation from Lima (a city in the USA in Ohio) led to the reconstruction of some of the columns and walls of the basilica.
San Francisco
The tallest building in the city is the Salesforce Tower.
The skyscraper was completed in 2018 and has 61 floors and 326 meters in height. The building was de ...
Glastonbury
The Irish king's son, Saint Indracht, died at Glastonbury.
Florence
Florence is considered to have the greatest concentration of art (proportion to size) in the world.
The city was the birthplace of Renaissance art (1450 to 1527). Renaissance art focused on naturalism ...
Glastonbury
Nowadays, Glastonbury is a religious center associated not only with Christianity but also with pagan practices.
There are many shops in the city selling pagan or magical items.
Kaliningrad
The city is located on the Sambia Peninsula - a peninsula in Russia that divides the Vistula Lagoon from the Curonian Lagoon.
Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the Pregolya River into the Baltic Sea. It is located 35 km from the Polish border, 70 km from the Lithuanian border, and 1289 km from Moscow.
Munich
It is located on the Isar River.
The name comes from Celtic times, in that language isirás meant quick, fast, and strong. The river is 295 km long and flows into the Danube.
Tallinn
The first traces of settlement that archaeologists found in Tallinn are about 5000 years old.
These were fragments of pottery from around 3000 BC, and pottery from the single grave culture around 2500 BC.Around 1050, the first fortress was built on Toompea Hill in today's Tallinn.
Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg is the city of White Nights.
This is a phenomenon that occurs in St. Petersburg from late May to mid-July. It is an astronomical ...
Tallinn
The length of Tallinn's coast is 46 kilometers.
It includes three larger peninsulas: Kopli, Paljassaare and Kakumäe. The city has many public beaches, including Pirita, Stroomi, Kakumäe, Harku and Pikakari.