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Thursday, 16 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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Bremen
One of the Bremen legends is associated with the existence of the Roland statue.
According to her, Bremen will be a free and independent city as long as Roland stands in the market ...
San Gimignano
The city’s main square is Piazza della Cisterna.
The square is shaped like a triangle, and its cobblestone pavement is laid in a herringbone pattern. ...
Philadelphia
Philadelphia's architecture dates back to colonial times and presents a wealth of styles.
The earliest structures were built of wooden logs, but brick buildings appeared there as early as 17 ...
Kaliningrad
In 1454, the city was incorporated into Poland for a year thanks to King Casimir IV Jagiellon who changed its name to Królewiec.
Casimir IV Jagiellon created the Królewiec Voivodeship, the capital of which was Królewiec. The firs ...
Chicago
Chicago is home to one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world - Willis Tower until 2009 known as Sears Tower.
The building has a height of 442,3 m to the roof and a total height of 527,3 m.
Potsdam
After German reunification in 1990, the state of Brandenburg was created and Potsdam became its capital.
A large part of the city's cultural landscape was then included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. T ...
Bruges
Bruges also has a beautiful, mysterious chapel-the Jerusalemkerk.
Its origin is connected with the merchant Adorno family. In the second half of the 13th century, thi ...
Chicago
Art lovers will not be disappointed, Chicago has about 60 museums and almost 200 art galleries.
For those craving theater arts, there are over 250 theaters available.
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 ...
Los Angeles
In 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded a pueblo they named El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles.
More than half of the settlers were mestizos or mulattoes of African, Amerindian, or European descen ...