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Monday, 7 September 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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Olomouc
In the 16th century, Jesuits arrived in Olomouc.
They founded a Jesuit college, which became a university in 1573. Today it is Palacký University, th ...
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Rome
The Circus Maximus was the oldest and largest circus in ancient Rome.
Its origins are linked to the reign of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, a period from 617 to 578 BC.
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Epheseus
A revolt of the union of Greek cities in Asia Minor broke out against Persian rule, to which Ephesus did not join.
The Ionian uprising was bloodily suppressed by Darius I the Great. Ephesus was not destroyed.
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Ghent
During World War II, General Stanislaw Maczek's of the Polish First Armored Division took part in the fighting to liberate the city.
On January 1, 1945, one of the largest air battles of the end of World War II, known as the Battle o ...
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Saint Petersburg
Construction of the new fortress of Sankt-Piter-Burch (later called St. Petersburg) began after Russia won the battles of the Northern War against the Swedes and gained access to the Baltic Sea.
Russia's wars with Sweden over the lands of the Neva River continued for centuries. They were fought ...
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Los Angeles
The pillars of the Los Angeles economy are international trade, the entertainment industry (film, television, music, video games), aviation and oil industry, technology, fashion, and tourism.
The city is the industrial center of the western United States. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Be ...
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Paris
The Louvre Museum is the most visited museum in the world.
Every year it attracts around 10 million visitors.
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Vienna
About 20.000 hectoliters of wine are produced in Vienna each year.
Most of Vienna’s wine is sold locally. Vienna’s culture of taverns serving young Heuriger wine is part of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage as of 2019.
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San Gimignano
Dante Alighieri visited San Gimignano.
He visited the city on 8th May 1300, as ambassador of the White Guelph party in Tuscany.
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Shanghai
It is located in the estuary of the Yangtze River.
One of the Yangtze man-made tributaries, the Huangpu River, flows through the city.
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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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