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Tuesday, 7 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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San Gimignano
The town is situated on the crest of a hill (300 meters above sea level), in a north-south direction.
It is surrounded by three walls. At the highest point, to the west, are the ruins of a fortress dism ...
San Francisco
From 1934 to 1963, there was a famous maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island.
Before Alcatraz became a federal prison, there was a US Army base, forts, and, from the 1860s, a pri ...
Epheseus
Ephesus is located in the west of Anatolia - a historical land in Turkey, 6 km from the Aegean Sea.
It is located between the cities of Izmir (formerly Smyrna) and Aydin.
Dubai
You can't drink alcohol in public places, except in designated establishments and licensed hotels. Carrying alcohol, even in a sealed bottle, leads to a fine or arrest.
Bremen
Bremen - Free Hanseatic City of Bremen - is a port city, a large industrial and commercial center.
The port of Bremen, together with the port of Bremerhaven, is the second largest port in Germany (after Hamburg).The airport (Flughafen Bremen "Hans Koschnick") is the 12th busiest airport in Germany.
Florence
Florence is the 17th richest city in Italy in terms of average employee earnings, with a figure of €23.265.
The city's total income is 6.531.204.473.
Palermo
By the stone cliff wall of Monte Pellegrino, there is the Sanctuary of Santa Rosa - a church and place of pilgrimage for the faithful to the relics of Saint Rosalie, one of the four patron saints of the city.
On 15th July 1624, probable relics of this 12th-century saint were discovered in a cave on this site ...
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is home to the largest diocese (by population) in the United States, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
It brings together five million Catholics.
Bruges
In the early 16th century, when the Zwin Canal, which was the “window to the world,” the source of the city’s power, was silted up, the city began to lose its commercial importance.
Antwerp was becoming a commercial powerhouse. Lace-making (the famous Brabant lace lace with a pattern of swirling branches on a tulle background) declined in the 17th century.
Chicago
In 1892, the first suspended railway in the USA was built in the city.