Cities

Friday, 3 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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Tallinn
During World War II, the city changed its occupants twice.
From 1940 it was under Soviet occupation, from 1941 under German occupation, and in 1944 it came und ...
Epheseus
The city had a convenient location that provided opportunities for its development.
Situated at the mouth of the river, it developed as a port city and an important center of trade.
Cairo
On October 21st, 2007, the bust of Professor Kazimierz Michałowski was unveiled in the gardens of the Egyptian Museum.
He was a prominent Polish Egyptologist, the founder of the Polish school of Mediterranean archeology ...
Cairo
The Cairo Metro has three operational lines.
It was the first rapid transit system in the Arab world. Construction plans date back to the 1930s, ...
Rome
The Column of Trajan is 39.83 meters high. It is an important city monument commemorating Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians.
Built between 106 and 113 A.D., it is covered with reliefs depicting 155 scenes with 2,662 figures, ...
Potsdam
Many distinguished guests stayed in the palace next to the king.
Voltaire is said to have lived there. There is also a hypothesis that Bishop Ignacy Krasicki wrote t ...
Potsdam
In the years 1947-1952, Potsdam was the capital of the newly created state of Brandenburg.
After its liquidation by the GDR authorities, it became the seat of the Potsdam district. In 1951, t ...
Ghent
Ghent is located in the northwestern part of Belgium, in Flanders - a former part of the Netherlands.
It is the capital of East Flanders, a province in the Flemish region (one of Belgium's three federal regions).
Florence
Florence has numerous museums and art galleries that house some of the most important works of art in the world.
The city is one of the best-preserved Renaissance centers of art and architecture in the world, char ...
Los Angeles
Los Angeles was ranked 17th among the world's financial centers in 2018.
In L.A. is the headquarters of seven corporations from the Fortune 500 list - an annual ranking of the 500 largest American companies, classified by gross revenues.