Cities

One of the city's most important squares is Puerta del Sol. The name of this place means the gate of the sun, and although the name may come as a surprise today, because the square is located in the city center, in the 15th century an eastern entrance gate to the city was located there.

Rome is home to more than 2,000 fountains.

The first Maglev railway was opened in Shanghai in 2002.

Palermo is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the metropolis of Palermo.

San Gimignano’s downfall came in 1348, when the city was hit by an epidemic of plague (the Black Death).

Vienna has the largest public park in central Europe and one of the largest in the world, the Wiener Prater.

It is one of the world’s major business, financial and economical centers.

In 1454, the city was incorporated into Poland for a year thanks to King Casimir IV Jagiellon who changed its name to Królewiec.

Maria Szymanowska, a Polish composer, spent the last moments of her life in St. Petersburg.

Ghent was also the site of the Inquisition.