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Friday, 15 May 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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Madrid
The coat of arms of the city features a bear leaning against a strawberry tree trunk.
The history of the coat of arms dates back to 1212 when it featured only a red bear, accompanied by ...
Paris
Paris has five replicas of the Statue of Liberty.
Given that Lady Liberty was a gift from France to the United States, it is only fair that replicas stand proudly in the motherland.
Helsinki
Helsinki covers an area of 715 square kilometers.
The city is divided into eight districts, which are subdivided into 34 basic districts, divided into ...
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 ...
Dubai
Al-Fahidi Fort is the oldest monument in Dubai, built in 1787.
Paris
There are 20 arrondissements in Paris arranged in a spiral, that extends from the city center.
Shanghai
The bus system in Shanghai is the world’s most extensive.
There are over 1,000 bus lines throughout the city.
Vienna
The Museum of Art history in Vienna, opened in 1891, contains a collection of paintings of European painting from the 15th to 18th centuries, including works by Pieter Bruegel, Rubens, Titan, Rembrandt, Velázquez, among others.
The Neubau district (7) is home to the 90.000-square-meter Museum Quartier (Museum Quarter) architec ...
Epheseus
In the 6th century BC, the last king of Lydia, Croesus (his name is synonymous with the rich man of antiquity) built a temple to Artemis in Ephesus.
Artemis was worshiped both as a Mother Goddess (her statue in Ephesus depicted a woman with countles ...
Saint Petersburg
The city's name has changed several times.
The first name was St. Petersburg; after the outbreak of World War I, the German-sounding name was c ...