Cities

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.

Los Angeles is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where geological instability has contributed to the creation of a series of faults that cause approximately 10.000 earthquakes in these areas annually.

Islam is the dominant religion.

Eating, drinking, and throwing gum are not allowed on Dubai's trains, and people doing it face fines.

The place within the abbey, today considered King Arthur's grave, is in fact the place where the deceased's bones were moved in 1278.

Eighteen-century composers dubbed the Viennese classics are associated with Vienna.

The eclectic architecture in Shanghai consists also of Socialists Classicism, also known as Stalinist architecture.

The city has about 11.000 boat moorings.

Franco Zeffirelli used San Gimignano as Assisi in his films.

The first modern trade unions in Belgium were established in Ghent.