Cities

Tallinn (together with Turku in Finland) was the European Capital of Culture in 2011.

Stuttgart is the seat of a Protestant bishop (Protestant State Church in Württemberg) and one of the two co-seats of the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.

In 1969, California became the birthplace of the Internet.

Florence is the city where the leading representatives of Italian painting, architecture, and sculpture lived and worked.

In the 7th century BC, the city was destroyed by the Kimmerians - a nomadic Indo-European people most likely coming from the vicinity of Crimea and the parts of today's Ukraine adjacent to Crimea.

The Arno River, which runs through the old part of the city, is deeply embedded in the history of Florence.

Outside the city center, much of Helsinki consists of post-war suburbs separated by patches of forest.

After the Thirty Year’s War, the city lost its status as the capital of Moravia to Brno.

Palermo came under the rule of the Norman dynasty of Altavilla, from which came the first king of the Kingdom of Sicily-Roger II.

The city was surrounded by walls with four gates.