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Tuesday, 14 July 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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Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital of the German state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region.
It has 183.154 inhabitants and is the most populous city in the region.
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Stuttgart
Stuttgart has a population of approximately 635.000 inhabitants, which makes it the sixth largest city in Germany in terms of population.
2.8 million people live in the city's administrative district and 5.3 million in its metropolitan ar ...
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Rome
The Column of Trajan is 39.83 meters high. It is an important city monument commemorating Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians.
Built between 106 and 113 A.D., it is covered with reliefs depicting 155 scenes with 2,662 figures, ...
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Los Angeles
In 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded a pueblo they named El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles.
More than half of the settlers were mestizos or mulattoes of African, Amerindian, or European descen ...
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Saint Petersburg
Regardless of the social changes, St. Petersburg was developing all the time.
New palaces and religious buildings continued to be built, while wealthy capitalists and landowners ...
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen is one of the greenest cities on earth and plans to become carbon neutral by 2025.
Over the last 10 years, the city has managed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1/3, mainly thanks to investments in photovoltaics and wind farms.
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Epheseus
After the edict of Emperor Theodosius in 381, the temple of Artemis was closed and Christianity became the dominant religion.
Saint Paul addressed one of his letters - the letter to the Ephesians - to the Christian community in Ephesus. The second letter to the Ephesians is found in the Book of Revelation.
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Ghent
The city lies at the mouth of the Leie River (also called Lys River) into the Scheldt (a river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands).
The Leie has its origin in Lisbourg, France. In Ghent, Belgium, it flows into the Scheldt and has access to the North Sea via the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal.
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Epheseus
One night in 356 BC, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was burned down by a madman named Herostratus, who wanted to gain fame in this way.
Also on this night, in Pella, the metropolis of Macedonia near Thessaloniki, Alexander of Macedon wa ...
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Dubai
Drinking water is obtained by desalinating seawater.
Jebel Ali is home to the largest such complex in the world.
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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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