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Sunday, 18 October 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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Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg is home to a car factory employing 6700 people, where the Chevrolet Cruze is produced.
Bruges
Bruges is home to the College of Europe.
It is a prestigious college, training in European economics, law, and politics.
Florence
The Florence skyline is dominated by the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, called Il Duomo by the Italians, topped by Brunelleschi's dome.
Brunelleschi’s design involved building the largest dome ever built at the time and the first larger ...
Olomouc
Olomouc is a Czech city located in the eastern part of the country, in Moravia.
It is the historical capital of Moravia and is the main city of the Hana region (an ethnographic reg ...
Philadelphia
The first banks in the United States were established in Philadelphia.
These were the Bank of North America, founded in 1781, and the Bank of Pennsylvania, founded in 1782 ...
Epheseus
This period of wonderful development of Ephesus ended during the so-called Ephesus Vespers - the massacre of the Romans and Italic peoples in Asia Minor, which took place around 88 BC.
Probably 80-150 thousand Romans died then.
Shanghai
Shanghai is famous for Art Deco architecture.
Art Deco, a style of architecture, visual arts, and product design, originated in the 1910s in Franc ...
Ghent
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.
They were followed by 50 of the biggest rebels, also barefoot, wearing white shirts and with nooses ...
Tallinn
The length of Tallinn's coast is 46 kilometers.
It includes three larger peninsulas: Kopli, Paljassaare and Kakumäe. The city has many public beaches, including Pirita, Stroomi, Kakumäe, Harku and Pikakari.
Florence
In the 15th century, Florence was one of the largest cities in Europe.
It had a population of 60.000 and was considered a wealthy and economically successful city. Florenc ...