Cities

Thursday, 4 December 2025
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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Bruges
At the beginning of the 14th century, King Philip the Beautiful of France entered Flanders and demanded a high contribution from the country.
The tyranny of the French triggered a revolt by the townspeople. In 1302, Bruges weavers led by Piet ...
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Los Angeles
In 2002, Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn campaigned against secession from the city of the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood.
A referendum was held in which the residents rejected the secession proposal.
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Shanghai
Shanghai is famous for Art Deco architecture.
Art Deco, a style of architecture, visual arts, and product design, originated in the 1910s in Franc ...
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen has 5 partner cities: Paris, Prague, Reykjavík, Berlin and Marseille.
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Shanghai
Shanghai has its own Disney Resort.
It is 11 times larger than the original park located in Anaheim, California. At the same time, it is ...
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Chicago
The first skyscraper in the world was built in 1885 in Chicago. It was the Home Insurance Company Building.
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Ghent
In the mid-18th century, under Empress Maria Theresa, Ghent achieved the status of Belgium's largest city.
Sugar mills and the first real factories not related to the cloth industry appeared in the city. A new opera house in Kouter Square, founded by industrialists, opened in 1737.
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Bruges
The city area is 138.4 square kilometers.
According to 2014 data, Burges had a population of more than 117.300, giving a population density of 848 people per square kilometer.
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Bruges
Bruges also has a beautiful, mysterious chapel-the Jerusalemkerk.
Its origin is connected with the merchant Adorno family. In the second half of the 13th century, thi ...
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Ghent
Ghent in the 15th century was a city of culture and an important scientific center.
It was there that the van Eyck brothers created the Altarpiece of the Mystic Lamb in 1432, and it wa ...
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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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