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Saturday, 21 March 2026
37 facts about Saint Petersburg
37 facts about Saint Petersburg
A city of many names
It was a dream and a matter of prestige for the Romanov dynasty to gain access to the Baltic Sea and build a metropolis to testify to Russia's emergin ...

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Paris
Annually, it is visited by over 30 million tourists.
It is among the most visited cities in the world.
Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg is one of the world's major museum centers.
It is home to the Hermitage Museum, one of the three largest museums in the world. The museum is hou ...
Florence
In 1527, Jesus Christ was appointed king of Florence.
The Florentines drove out the Medici for a second time and re-established a theocratic republic.
Florence
Florence is a city located in Tuscany, in central Italy.
It is the capital of Tuscany and its most populous city with 383.083 inhabitants (2016) and over 1.5 ...
Palermo
In Palermo, there is the Orto Botanico di Palermo-Botanical Garden, which dates back to 1779.
It is a both botanical garden and a scientific and educational institution of the Faculty of Botany ...
San Gimignano
San Gimignano’s downfall came in 1348, when the city was hit by an epidemic of plague (the Black Death).
The epidemic of the Black Death reached all of Europe at the time, and between 30 and 60 percent of ...
Stuttgart
Five of the eleven state museums of Baden-Württemberg are located in the city.
The most important of them is the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (opened in 1843), which houses works from ...
Ghent
The first modern trade unions in Belgium were established in Ghent.
Copenhagen
The Tivoli Gardens amusement park, which has been operating since 1843, became the inspiration for the creation of Disneyland.
In 1951, Walt Disney visited, taking notes on the park's smallest details. Then he said that he wanted to build a park that would reflect the peaceful and joyful atmosphere of Copenhagen park.
Madrid
The entire road system in Spain is measured from kilometer zero, situated in front of the post office building at Puerta del Sol.
This point is considered the center of both Madrid and Spain.