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A human settlement in the area of today’s city was there already 3000 BC.

By the stone cliff wall of Monte Pellegrino, there is the Sanctuary of Santa Rosa - a church and place of pilgrimage for the faithful to the relics of Saint Rosalie, one of the four patron saints of the city.

Vienna was granted city rights in 1221.

Olomouc is a Czech city located in the eastern part of the country, in Moravia.

The city with an area of 158.9 square kilometers is divided into thirty-five districts (quartiers).

In 2002, Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn campaigned against secession from the city of the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood.

One of Hamburg’s biggest tourist attractions is the Planten un Blomen park.

In 1715, the Naval Academy was opened in St. Petersburg, followed ten years later by the Academy of Sciences.

The city is both flat and hilly.

In 1479, the University of Copenhagen was founded, and until 1771 it had its court, law, and prison.