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Thursday, 7 May 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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Dubai
Hitchhiking in Dubai and the rest of the Emirates is illegal.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles has the most museums per capita of any city in the world.
There are 841 museums and art galleries in Los Angeles County. It houses, among others, the Los Ange ...
Vienna
The historic city center, full of monuments from all historical eras, was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001.
Vienna is one of the most visited cities in Europe.
Glastonbury
English sculptor Katharine Maltwood publicly announced in 1929 that she had discovered enormous figures scattered across the lands of Somerset, north of Glastonbury.
Bounded by the natural contours of rivers, paths, roads, hills, ditches, and embankments, these figu ...
San Gimignano
The city’s main square is Piazza della Cisterna.
The square is shaped like a triangle, and its cobblestone pavement is laid in a herringbone pattern. ...
Copenhagen
In Copenhagen's harbor, there is a statue of the Little Mermaid by Edvard Eriksen.
The sculpture depicts a character from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale and was unveiled on Augu ...
Rome
The Colosseum was a gift to the people of Rome.
Its construction was begun by Emperor Vespasian and completed by Titus Flavius. During the opening o ...
Vienna
In 1485, Vienna was occupied by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.
For five years of his reign, the city served as the capital of Hungary. After the death of Matthias Corvinus, the city was recaptured by the Habsburgs.
Paris
The Louvre Museum is the most visited museum in the world.
Every year it attracts around 10 million visitors.
Kaliningrad
In 1552, King Sigismund II August visited Königsberg.
In 1542, Prince Albrecht Hohenzollern, who was the nephew of King Sigismund the Old, established a p ...