Cities

The Arno River, which runs through the old part of the city, is deeply embedded in the history of Florence.

In 1990, the historic center of St. Petersburg and the complexes of suburban tsarist residences were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Helsinki has close historical ties with Tallinn, Stockholm and St. Petersburg.

The city, like much of California's southern coast, is subject to the so-called "June Gloom".

Dubai has established Dubiotech, a park that allows biotech companies to work on genetics, medicines, and biodefense.

Eighteen-century composers dubbed the Viennese classics are associated with Vienna.

The Kaliningrad Oblast includes the historical lands of Sambia, Lower Prussia, and Lithuania Minor, also known as Little Lithuania or Prussian Lithuania.

The original Roman settlement was built on the Palatine. The settlement is called "Roma quadrata".

Residents of St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) showed great patriotism and courage during World War II when the so-called Blockade of Leningrad was in progress.

The original name of the city was El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciuncula.