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Thursday, 30 July 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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Rome
The Column of Trajan is 39.83 meters high. It is an important city monument commemorating Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians.
Built between 106 and 113 A.D., it is covered with reliefs depicting 155 scenes with 2,662 figures, ...
Palermo
In 1946, Palermo was declared the seat of the Regional Parliament.
In 1947, it became the capital of the Region with Special Status, whose seat is in the Palazzo dei Normanni (Royal Palace of Palermo).
Dubai
Dubai has established Dubiotech, a park that allows biotech companies to work on genetics, medicines, and biodefense.
Potsdam
Later, the city became the full residence of the Prussian royal family.
Under the rule of Frederick William I, the city became an important garrison site. As the population ...
Chicago
Chicago experienced its greatest boom at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
It was then that the city saw an influx of people who came to America from Europe. In 1900, 1.7 million people lived in Chicago, and 10 years later it was almost 2.2 million.
Vienna
After the end of World War I, Vienna became the capital of the Austrian Republic.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Vienna also became a bastion of socialism and was nicknamed “Red Vienna.” At ...
Chicago
The Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in the United States.
San Francisco
In 1867, San Francisco passed America's first "restrictive ugliness law."
Under it, ugly and disabled people were banned from appearing in public. The main assumption of the ...
Kaliningrad
There are 21 cities and 3 urban-type settlements in the oblast.
The largest of them is Kaliningrad, whose historical name is Königsberg.
Olomouc
One of the most important examples of Late Gothic architecture in Moravia is the Church of St. Maurice in Olomouc.
It was built in the 13th century and has been rebuilt several times since then. It is dominated by u ...