Cities

The city has a large number of underground areas, such as shelters and tunnels.

Shanghai started as a fishing village, then developed into a market town in the 12th century.

Around 1000, the golden age of Florentine art began.

Madrid is the capital of Spain and its largest city.

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.

In the second half of the 20th century, an Austrian archaeological mission cleaned up the ruins of St. John's Basilica and rebuilt the confession (the tomb of a saint, martyr or the vestibule leading to his tomb placed under the main altar, or the altar) of St. John.

To further humiliate the citizens, on May 3, 1540, by order of the ruler, 30 of the most prominent citizens, 318 members of the smaller guilds, and 50 members of the weavers' guild had to march through the city barefoot, clad only in shirts.

St. Petersburg is the city of White Nights.

The Florence skyline is dominated by the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, called Il Duomo by the Italians, topped by Brunelleschi's dome.

The world's largest shopping mall in terms of area is Dubai Mall – 548.000 square meters, it has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.