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Wednesday, 15 July 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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Florence
In 1512, the Medici regained control of Florence.
They were led by two cousins, Giovanni and Giulio de Medici, who later became popes of the Catholic ...
Cairo
The capital of Ancient Egypt, Memphis, was located near Cairo.
The city was founded before the 31st century B.C. and was abandoned in the 7th century AD after the ...
Los Angeles
The most common plant communities in the Los Angeles area are coastal sagebrush, chaparral, and coastal forests.
Chaparral is an evergreen, thicket plant formation that is a characteristic component of sclerophyll ...
Saint Petersburg
In St. Petersburg, Adam Mickiewicz lived for a year in a tenement house, the wall of which bears a plaque commemorating this fact.
Adam Mickiewicz was also honored with a monument.
Chicago
Chicago is located on Lake Michigan, the third largest lake in the five Great Lakes of North America.
Kaliningrad
The Kaliningrad Oblast is a Russian enclave in Central Europe on the Baltic Sea.
It is an administrative unit of the Russian Federation, the westernmost region of Russia. It covers ...
Rome
Rome is a city with very strict animal protection laws.
In 2005, the city published a 59-point statute to protect animals. The law applies to both stray and domestic animals.
Hamburg
Speicherstadt is the world’s largest warehouse complex in the world.
It is located near the port of Hamburg and during its operation it was used to store coffee, tea, gr ...
Kaliningrad
Królewiec was one of the centers of Polish printing (along with Wrocław and Krakow).
In the years 1543-1552, more books in Polish were published in Królewiec and Ełk than in the entire ...
Palermo
The patron saint of the city is St. Rosalie, and the heavenly protector of Palermo is St. Benedict the Maur.
The ancient patron of the city was the Genius of Palermo - the ancient numen and genius loci, the protector of this place, who became the secular patron of modern Palermo.