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Saturday, 11 April 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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Cairo
Cairo is a fast-developing city.
Approximately 20% of the city’s buildings are less than 15 years old.
Helsinki
Helsinki is the birthplace of many prominent personalities.
These include: Ragnar Granit-neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize winner; Aino Aalto-designer, architect; ...
Madrid
Over 800,000 trees grow in Madrid.
Madrid is the city with the most trees and green spaces per capita in all of Europe. Unfortunately, ...
Florence
Florence was liberated by New Zealand, South African and British troops on August 4, 1944.
Allied soldiers who died liberating Florence are buried in cemeteries outside the city.
Olomouc
After the Thirty Year’s War, the city lost its status as the capital of Moravia to Brno.
From 1794 to 1797, a prominent Franco-American soldier and politician, the Marquis of Lafayette (who ...
Kaliningrad
From 1618, Duchy of Prussia was ruled by the Electors of Brandenburg.
In 1657, the Duchy of Prussia became independent from the First Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The ...
Florence
One of the Medici was Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
Lorenzo was a great patron of art, commissioning works of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Botti ...
Chicago
The first non-Indian settler to arrive in these lands was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable.
Du Sable was a black merchant and trapper who came from Haiti to the Chicago area between 1770 and 1780.
Vienna
A complex of buildings has been built in Vienna, which is one of the four main places in the world (along with complexes in New York, Geneva, and Nairobi) where United Nations institutions are located - Vienna Internationale Center.
The Complex consists of 6 office buildings of similar architectural form, built on a Y-shaped plan. ...
Los Angeles
The city is both flat and hilly.
The highest point in the city itself is Mount Lukens - the peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, with a ...