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Monday, 9 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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Rome
The original Roman settlement was built on the Palatine. The settlement is called "Roma quadrata".
The Palatine is one of the seven hills of the city. From the time of Octavian Augustus, imperial pal ...
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.
Saint Petersburg
The architectural development of the city took place at the end of the 18th century.
The rule was that the facades of the houses were built fronting the streets and canals, so the city' ...
Bremen
At the end of the 19th century, Bremen was incorporated by Prussia into the German Empire (Second Reich).
Thanks to the new anchorage and wharves in Bremerhaven, it became the main port of embarkation for G ...
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 ...
Ghent
One of the city's most distinguished figures was Antoon Triest, a bishop and great lover and patron of the arts.
It was he who commissioned works for the city from Rubens, Van Dyck, and the sculptor Jeroom Duqquesnoy.
Epheseus
Saint John died in Ephesus, and Emperor Justinian, in the first half of the 6th century, ordered a basilica to be built over his grave, which is now located on the Ayasuluk hills, east of the temple of Artemis.
During excavations around the tomb of St. John, five small tombs were discovered. Together with the ...
Shanghai
The most traditional architectural style in Shanghai is called Shikumen.
It is depicted by two or three-story structures, resembling terrace- or town-houses, popular in Europe and North America.
Shanghai
It is one of the four province-level municipalities of China, along with Beijing, Chongqing, and Tianjin.
Bratislava
It is the only capital in the world that borders two countries, Austria and Hungary.
It borders with Hungary in the south and with Austria in the west. It is located approximately 60 km from Vienna and approximately 195 km from Budapest.