Cities

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.

Stuttgart has the highest overall standard of well-being in all cities in Germany.

In 1867, San Francisco passed America's first "restrictive ugliness law."

The Potsdam Conference was held in Cecilienhof Palace, the last palace built by the Hohenzollerns.

Ghent received the rights to its own city council around 1100 from the Count of Flanders.

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

The city is home to more than 2.76 million people.

An international conference of representatives from sixteen European countries, which lasted from September 1814 to June 1815, called the Congress of Vienna, was held in Vienna.

It became the capital of Bavaria (Königreich Bayern) in 1806.

Vienna is a statutory city - its administration is organized according to local law, contained in the city charter.