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Thursday, 27 August 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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Palermo
Palermo came under the rule of the Norman dynasty of Altavilla, from which came the first king of the Kingdom of Sicily-Roger II.
The Normans decided to leave the defeated Arabs in the city and build the future power of Palermo to ...
Vienna
Vienna is one of the greenest cities in the world and is also a city with the highest quality of life.
There are 990 city parks there. Thanks to the Vienna Forest complex and the Danube area, almost half ...
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad has one of the oldest zoos in modern Russia.
This garden was established in 1896 as a zoo in Königsberg.
Cairo
The Al-Azhar Mosque is said to be the most renowned educational institution in Sunni Islam.
It is one of the oldest and most important in the Arab world. Its construction began shortly after t ...
Los Angeles
During World War II, Los Angeles was a major center for war production such as shipbuilding and aerospace.
L.A. area was home to six of the nation's major aircraft manufacturers (Douglas Aircraft Company, Hu ...
Paris
The Arc de Triomphe took 30 years to complete.
One of the most outstanding monuments in France is placed in the Champs-Élysées.
Glastonbury
There is a tower on Glastonbury Hill, which is the remains of a church that once stood here.
According to legend, the hill was the entrance to Avon, a hidden kingdom of the underworld. In the 6 ...
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.
Glastonbury
Legend has it that Glastonbury was the birthplace of Christianity in the British Isles.
When the first Christians arrived there, Glastonbury was almost an island surrounded by marshes. The ...
Potsdam
Frederick the Great, son of Frederick I, valued the ideas of the Enlightenment and reformed the Prussian state.
During his reign, Potsdam became a residential city, also in terms of its cityscape, and then made e ...