Cities

Thanks to the counts of Flanders, Baldwin Iron Arm and his son, Baldwin II “the Bald,” Ghent began to regain its status.

San Gimignano’s downfall came in 1348, when the city was hit by an epidemic of plague (the Black Death).

The towers, although a status symbol for their founders, served mainly defensive functions.

San Gimignano became a city of towers, also referred to as the “Manhattan of the Middle Ages” or the “Manhattan of Tuscany.”

Money in the Trevi Fountain.

St. Petersburg has 41 universities, more than 170 scientific research institutions, more than two thousand libraries, the Pulkovo Observatory, the Mariinsky Theater, and the world-renowned 1862 Philharmonic Hall.

Maria Szymanowska, a Polish composer, spent the last moments of her life in St. Petersburg.

The Kaliningrad Oblast is a Russian enclave in Central Europe on the Baltic Sea.

There are 1400 kilometers of bicycle paths, bicycle lanes, and bicycle routes through low-traffic zones in Vienna.

Madrid has a large number of churches, some of which are some of the finest works of Spanish religious art. The oldest church that has survived to this day is San Nicolás de los Servitas. Its belfry dates back to the 12th century and is the oldest architectural element of the building.