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Sunday, 4 January 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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Saint Petersburg
Maria Szymanowska, a Polish composer, spent the last moments of her life in St. Petersburg.
Maria Szymanowska was a pianist and composer, one of the first female pianists in the history of Eur ...
Florence
In the 15th century, an important figure for Florence was Girolamo Savonarola - a Dominican, religious and political reformer, who was considered a heretic and schismatic by the Catholic Church.
Savonarola was an Italian Dominican from Ferrara, a preacher who called for Christian renewal and co ...
Potsdam
The one-story palace built in the gardens was intended to be only a summer residence, for the private use of the king and his guests.
Fryderyk planned to spend time there sans souci (without worries), devoting time to his interests an ...
Epheseus
Saint John died in Ephesus, and Emperor Justinian, in the first half of the 6th century, ordered a basilica to be built over his grave, which is now located on the Ayasuluk hills, east of the temple of Artemis.
During excavations around the tomb of St. John, five small tombs were discovered. Together with the ...
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
It lies on the Neckar River in the fertile Stuttgarter Kessel valley. It is located near (one hour away) the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest.
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.
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the only city in Germany where grapes are grown in an urban area, mainly in the districts of Rotenberg, Uhlbach, and Untertürkheim.
Viticulture in this area dates back to 1108 when the Blaubeuren Abbey received vineyards in Stuttgar ...
Paris
The Louvre Museum is the most visited museum in the world.
Every year it attracts around 10 million visitors.
Philadelphia
In 2021, Time magazine named Philadelphia is one of the 100 best places in the world.
In 2016, the city was visited by 42 million domestic tourists, whose stay added $6.8 billion to the city's coffers.
Bremen
One of the symbols of the city is also the pyramid of animals - a bronze monument to the heroes of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, standing next to the city hall.
It is a monument to four animals: a donkey, a hunting dog, a cat, and a rooster, about which the bea ...