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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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Cairo
The Greater Cairo Area is the largest metropolitan area in Africa and the 6th largest in the world.
It comprises Cairo, Giza, Heluan, Imbaba, and Shubrā al-Khaimah. Roughly 60% of all Egypt’s illegally constructed buildings are in the Greater Cairo Area.
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Chicago
The name of the region appeared for the first time in 1688 as "Chigagou", which in the Algonquian language meant onion field.
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Rome
Rome is home to Europe's largest film studio, Cinecittà.
It is located on the outskirts of Rome and covers an area of 40 hectares. Within this area there are ...
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Helsinki
Helsinki has a humid continental climate, similar to that on the coast of Hokkaido or Nova Scotia (one of Canada’s thirteen provinces).
Winters in Helsinki are much warmer than in northern Finland (the moderating influence of the Baltic ...
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Bremen
Bremen is the fourth largest city in the Low German dialect region after Hamburg, Dortmund and Essen.
Low German or Low Saxon is a variety of West Germanic spoken mainly in northern Germany and the nort ...
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Ghent
Ghent's area is 156.2 square kilometers.
As of 2014, it had a population of more than 251.000 or 1607 people/km2.
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Glastonbury
Legend has it that Glastonbury was the birthplace of Christianity in the British Isles.
When the first Christians arrived there, Glastonbury was almost an island surrounded by marshes. The ...
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Saint Petersburg
The cathedral grounds contain the tombs of all Russian tsars, beginning with Peter I.
The exception is Peter II, grandson of Peter I, the last descendant in the male line of the Romanov dynasty. He is buried in the Arkhangelsk Cathedral in Moscow.
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San Gimignano
San Gimignano became a city of towers, also referred to as the “Manhattan of the Middle Ages” or the “Manhattan of Tuscany.”
Towers were built by the city’s wealthy residents from the 13th to 15th centuries. During this perio ...
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Madrid
The most famous city park is Buen Retiro Park (El Retiro).
In the old days, the royal gardens were located on 120 hectares of the park, but it was not until th ...
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24 facts about Potsdam
24 facts about Potsdam
The residence of the Prussian kings
Potsdam is the capital of Brandenburg. Due to its historical past, it is an international city, which is also reflected in the diversity of city partn ...
24 facts about Kaliningrad
24 facts about Kaliningrad
Königsberg
Kaliningrad is the capital and largest city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, the westernmost federal subject of Russia. The former German capital of East Pr ...
27 facts about Tallinn
27 facts about Tallinn
One of the most intelligent cities in the world
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia, home to one-third of the country's population. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland ...
37 facts about Los Angeles
37 facts about Los Angeles
One of the most influential cities in the world
Los Angeles, the largest city in California and the second largest city in the United States, was founded in 1781 when a group of settlers founded a p ...
22 facts about Munich
22 facts about Munich
Not only beer and sausage
Munich is Germany's southernmost large city. His coat of arms depicts a monk with raised arms in black robes. The choice of the symbol is not accident ...
44 facts about Ghent
44 facts about Ghent
City of three towers
Ghent is one of Belgium's most visited cities by tourists. This beautiful old Flanders city combines dignity, beauty, culture, and creativity. It is a ...
16 facts about Glastonbury
16 facts about Glastonbury
The Legend of Avalon
Glastonbury - one of the most mysterious places in England. This place attracts people with various interests. Romantics come here because of the lege ...
24 facts about Dubai
24 facts about Dubai
Reportedly, Dubai's only limitation is human imagination
Located on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, Dubai is one of the seven emirates that have made up the United Arab Emirates since 1971. The city ...
34 facts about Chicago
34 facts about Chicago
From an Indian settlement to one of the largest cities in the USA
It is one of the largest American cities and one of the most important business areas. It is inhabited by a large number of people with Polish roots, ...
26 facts about Copenhagen
26 facts about Copenhagen
The capital of Denmark
It is considered the happiest city in the world. It is a paradise for cyclists, whom you can meet a lot here as they travel along the countless bicycl ...
30 facts about Epheseus
30 facts about Epheseus
One of the greatest ancient cities
Ephesus is probably the best-preserved ancient city in the Mediterranean. Founded in the most beautiful corners of Western Anatolia, during its heyday ...
14 facts about Bratislava
14 facts about Bratislava
The largest city in Slovakia
Bratislava is the capital and largest city in Slovakia. Although it is one of the youngest capitals in the world, the city's history dates back to ant ...
15 facts about San Francisco
15 facts about San Francisco
Oro en Paz, Fierro en guerra
San Francisco is located on the west coast of the United States at the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula. It began to develop dynamically in ...
22 facts about Philadelphia
22 facts about Philadelphia
"City of Brotherly Love"
Philadelphia is one of the most important and historically rich cities in the United States, the first capital of the US.Founded for religious toleran ...
34 facts about Florence
34 facts about Florence
The cradle of the Renaissance
Florence is the capital of Tuscany and its most populated city. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the richest cities of that era. Many scientists ...
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