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Wednesday, 26 August 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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San Gimignano
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.
In the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance, Catholic pilgrims heading to Rome and the Vatican sto ...
Bremen
Bremen is a city located in northern Germany.
It is the capital of the smallest state of Bremen (a state - the highest-level administrative divisi ...
Tallinn
Tallinn's only significant river is the Pirita.
Its length is 105 km and the basin area is 799 square kilometers.
Epheseus
In the 7th century BC, the city was destroyed by the Kimmerians - a nomadic Indo-European people most likely coming from the vicinity of Crimea and the parts of today's Ukraine adjacent to Crimea.
The city was then captured by the king of Lydia (a historic land in western Asia Minor), Croesus, who rebuilt it. In 560 BC Ephesus came under Persian rule.
Stuttgart
Stuttgart has a population of approximately 635.000 inhabitants, which makes it the sixth largest city in Germany in terms of population.
2.8 million people live in the city's administrative district and 5.3 million in its metropolitan ar ...
Epheseus
This period of wonderful development of Ephesus ended during the so-called Ephesus Vespers - the massacre of the Romans and Italic peoples in Asia Minor, which took place around 88 BC.
Probably 80-150 thousand Romans died then.
Paris
Café Procope is the oldest café in Paris.
Opened in 1686, it is located in the 6th arrondissement.
San Gimignano
The towers, although a status symbol for their founders, served mainly defensive functions.
They protected the families living in them from invasions, which were quite common in the region in ...
Bruges
The Jerusalemkerk Chapel has been in the hands of the Adorno family for centuries and is used for family celebrations.
It has also been opened to the public. The chapel was modeled after the Basilica of the Holy Sepulch ...
Tallinn
In the 14th century, Rewal prospered as a trading town.
Most of the city's historic center was built during this time. As an attractive city in many respect ...