Cities

Ghent is "a city of three towers."

Ghent is an important seaport.

Thanks to the counts of Flanders, Baldwin Iron Arm and his son, Baldwin II “the Bald,” Ghent began to regain its status.

Every year Ghent hosts one of the largest film festivals in Europe - Film Festival Gent.

It is the sixth-largest city in the Czech Republic, in terms of population.

In the 13th century, the Lieve canal, 45 km long, was built in Ghent, and later, facing Antwerp, the Sasse Vaart canal.

There is a wind farm at the city's waterfront that supplies 4 percent of the city with electricity.

It received city rights on March 4, 1837.

In 1984 in L.A. The Summer Olympic Games were held for the second time.

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.