Cities

The Arno River, which runs through the old part of the city, is deeply embedded in the history of Florence.

As a result of the division of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, Bratislava became the capital of independent Slovakia.

An international conference of representatives from sixteen European countries, which lasted from September 1814 to June 1815, called the Congress of Vienna, was held in Vienna.

Ghent is an important seaport.

The city lies at the mouth of the Leie River (also called Lys River) into the Scheldt (a river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands).

The city has a large number of underground areas, such as shelters and tunnels.

In the 1750s, Philadelphia was the largest city and busiest port in British America.

In 1892, the first suspended railway in the USA was built in the city.

The first non-Indian settler to arrive in these lands was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable.

Residents of St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) showed great patriotism and courage during World War II when the so-called Blockade of Leningrad was in progress.