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Tuesday, 17 February 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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Saint Petersburg
Near St. Petersburg are numerous tourist and recreational destinations with park and palace complexes of former Russian tsars: Tsarskoye Selo, Peterhof, Pavlovsk, Zelenogorsk, and Gatchina.
Vienna
The oldest secondary school in Vienna is the Akademisches Gymnasium, founded in 1553.
The capital is also home to Austria’s largest technical university, the Technical University, founded in 1815 by Franz II Habsburg.
Epheseus
When Alexander the Great, after winning the war with Persia in 334 BC he went to Ephesus and organized a great procession there in honor of Artemis.
He promised the Ephesians that he would cover all the expenses related to Artemis himself, but the p ...
Chicago
Spray paint was invented by Ed Seymour, a salesman who lived and lived in Chicago.
Olomouc
It is the sixth-largest city in the Czech Republic, in terms of population.
The city’s area is 103,33 square kilometers, with a population of 99.496.
Vienna
About 20.000 hectoliters of wine are produced in Vienna each year.
Most of Vienna’s wine is sold locally. Vienna’s culture of taverns serving young Heuriger wine is part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage as of 2019.
Madrid
The official seat of the Spanish monarch and royal family is located on the outskirts of Madrid.
The Palacio de la Zarzuela was put into use in 1635. It was built by order of Philip IV Habsburg, in ...
Madrid
Madrid is the capital of Spain and its largest city.
It is also the second largest city in the European Union. It is inhabited by almost 3.35 million people. There are almost 6.3 million inhabitants in the entire metropolitan area of ​​Madrid.
Saint Petersburg
In the early 19th century, the architecture of St. Petersburg was dominated by Russian classicism, which combined European classicism with elements of native construction.
The style of construction was greatly influenced by the victory over Napoleon, and ideas of patrioti ...
Potsdam
The area in which Potsdam is located was formed from a series of large moraines left over from the last glaciation.
Forests and lakes dominate the city's landscape. Only a quarter of its area is built-up, the rest is green areas.There are about 20 lakes and rivers in Potsdam and its surroundings.