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Sunday, 11 October 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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Palermo
Palermo has at least two rings of city walls, many of which still survive today.
The first ring surrounded the ancient center of the Phoenician city. Several historic gates have been preserved in the city wall.
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Epheseus
During the Persian rule, the painter Parrasios was also born and lived in Ephesus, next to Heraclitus.
He was a leading representative of linear painting, and a master of psychological analysis and dramatic expression. He operated mainly in Athens.
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Saint Petersburg
The cathedral grounds contain the tombs of all Russian tsars, beginning with Peter I.
The exception is Peter II, grandson of Peter I, the last descendant in the male line of the Romanov dynasty. He is buried in the Arkhangelsk Cathedral in Moscow.
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Copenhagen
In 1479, the University of Copenhagen was founded, and until 1771 it had its court, law, and prison.
Only in the 18th century did the university submit to municipal jurisdiction.
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Florence
Around 1000, the golden age of Florentine art began.
In 1013, construction began on the Basilica of San Minato al Monte, situated atop one of the city's ...
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Hamburg
Hamburg is located at the confluence of the Elbe and Alster.
It was by them in the 4th century BC the first inhabitants settled and established a permanent resid ...
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Ghent
When the cloth trade ceased to be profitable, the city began to decline and residents revolted.
Disgruntled officials and workers organized strikes, as a result of which Charles V Habsburg strippe ...
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Cairo
The Egyptian Museum is home to about 160,000 exhibits.
It is the oldest archeological museum in the Middle East, in a neoclassical building that opened on ...
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Philadelphia
American writer Edgar Allan Poe spent six very productive years in Philadelphia.
He lived there from 1838 to 1844 with his wife, Virginia Clemm Poe. Initially, he was editor of Burt ...
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Helsinki
The city has about 11.000 boat moorings.
It also gas more than 14.000 hectares of marine fishing waters adjacent to the capital region. There ...
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24 facts about Bremen
24 facts about Bremen
A city of tolerance and opportunities
Bremen, a city on the Weser, is located a short distance from its mouth into the North Sea. Its hallmark and pride are the values it has been professi ...
19 facts about Hamburg
19 facts about Hamburg
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
This beautiful city with old buildings existed already in the early Middle Ages when it served as a center of Christianization. Its city port is one o ...
31 facts about Helsinki
31 facts about Helsinki
The northernmost urban area in the world
Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland, the third largest city in the Nordic countries. It is the northernmost capital of a European Unio ...
48 facts about Vienna
48 facts about Vienna
One of the greenest cities in the world
Vienna, the capital of Austria, is a city of imperial palaces, the Viennese waltz, Sacher cake, classical music, and New Year’s concerts by the Vienna ...
31 facts about Bruges
31 facts about Bruges
Cradle of Flemish painting
Bruges is a small Belgian city that, in the Middle Ages, was a commercial and financial powerhouse of this part of Europe. At the time, it was one of ...
21 facts about Palermo
21 facts about Palermo
A city founded by Phoenicians
Palermo is a city founded by the Phoenicians over 2700 years ago. Located in a valley that the Arabs called Conca d’Oro in the 9th century, it is surr ...
19 facts about Olomouc
19 facts about Olomouc
The historic capital of Moravia
Olomouc, located in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, is a beautiful, though not very popular, city. As the capital of Moravia, it has a rich hi ...
17 facts about San Gimignano
17 facts about San Gimignano
The Town of Fine Towers
San Gimignano is a charming town in the heart of Italian Tuscany, which mesmerizes with an unprecedented beauty, fascinating history, and unique chara ...
27 facts about Rome
27 facts about Rome
The Eternal City hides many fascinating secrets
The history of Rome has been continuous for 28 centuries, although it is known that the area was inhabited much earlier. Rome is one of the longest in ...
30 facts about Shanghai
30 facts about Shanghai
The Paris of the East
Shanghai is the most eclectic city in China. It combines various architectural styles and is known as the Chinese center of Art Deco. Developing at a ...
23 facts about Paris
23 facts about Paris
City of Light
Paris is very eagerly visited by tourists. It surprises with the number of monuments and architectural marvels from various historical periods. Hundre ...
17 facts about Madrid
17 facts about Madrid
The bear and the strawberry tree
The medieval city dates back to the times when the Moors lived in this area. Situated on the Meseta Central near the Manzanares River, it was an excel ...
16 facts about Cairo
16 facts about Cairo
The city of a thousand minarets
Settlements in the area around today’s Cairo existed over five thousand years ago. Over the years, the city’s surroundings passed from hand to hand—fr ...
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