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It is one of the world’s major business, financial and economical centers.

Shanghai experienced a large outbreak of Covid-19 in early 2022, leading to a lockdown of the entire city from April 5th to June 1st.

During the Civil War that broke out on July 17, 1936, Madrid became a besieged fortress.

The Arc de Triomphe took 30 years to complete.

After the end of World War II, as a result of the Potsdam Conference, Königsberg found itself within the borders of the Soviet Union.

In the 17th century, the first meteorological station in the history of the city, and one of the first in the world, was established in Florence - Monastero degli Angeli.

After the Nazis took power in Germany, on March 21, 1933, a meeting known as "Potsdam Day" took place in Potsdam.

Franco Zeffirelli used San Gimignano as Assisi in his films.

Olomouc and its surroundings are among the warmest places in the Czech Republic.

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.