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Friday, 16 January 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 is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the metropolis of Palermo.
It is located in the north-west of Sicily, on the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
San Gimignano
The towers, although a status symbol for their founders, served mainly defensive functions.
They protected the families living in them from invasions, which were quite common in the region in ...
San Francisco
Jeans were invented for gold diggers.
Every prospector needed comfortable and durable clothing in which he could search for nuggets for ho ...
Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg is one of Russia's largest seaports.
Epheseus
The first excavations in Ephesus began in the second half of the 19th century.
As a result of the work, the monuments of the ancient city were uncovered and partially reconstructe ...
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 ...
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 ...
Florence
In 1982, the historic center of Florence (Centro Storico di Firenze) was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The city center is surrounded by walls built in the 15th century. Within them, in Piazza della Signo ...
Chicago
The city has a 41-kilometer stretch of Lake Michigan waterfront, with as many as 25 beaches.
Philadelphia
Penn named his colony Philadelphia, which means "brotherly love" in Greek.
He planned a city on the Delaware River, which was to be a port and the seat of administration. He w ...