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Wednesday, 3 June 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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Stuttgart
The Stuttgart area currently has the highest concentration of scientific, academic, and research organizations in Germany.
No other region in Germany registers as many patents and designs as Stuttgart. Almost 45 percent of ...
San Francisco
San Francisco gained popularity in 1849 when the gold rush broke out in the area.
In a short period, about 100.000 seekers from all over the world flocked to the small settlement. It ...
Cairo
The Egyptian Museum is home to about 160,000 exhibits.
It is the oldest archeological museum in the Middle East, in a neoclassical building that opened on ...
Paris
There are eight statues symbolizing the largest cities in France, located in one of the major city squares, called the Place de la Concorde.
They symbolize Lille, Strasbourg, Marseille, Nantes, Lyon, Bordeaux, Rouen, and Brest.
San Gimignano
Since the 10th century, San Gimignano was governed by the bishops of Volterra (a city in the province of Pisa), although they never lived in the city itself.
In the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance, Catholic pilgrims heading to Rome and the Vatican sto ...
Copenhagen
The city was founded in 1167 by Absalon, bishop of Roskilde.
Previously, there was a market and a fishing village in this place.
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 ...
Stuttgart
Due to its location in the center of Swabia and the local dialect spoken by the native Swabians, Stuttgart is often called the Swabian metropolis.
Its etymological roots lie in the Old High German word Stuotgarten or "Stud Farm", as the town was founded in 950 by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, to breed war horses.
San Francisco
San Francisco is a birthplace of several famous and talented people.
Among them are: Clint Eastwood, Courtney Love, Carlos Santana, Jack London, Danny Glover, Steve Jobs, and Bruce Lee.
Florence
Florence is the 17th richest city in Italy in terms of average employee earnings, with a figure of €23.265.
The city's total income is 6.531.204.473.