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Sunday, 8 November 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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Vienna
Vienna is an administrative, industrial, commercial, service, academic, tourist, and cultural center of international importance.
It is the seat of the Australian parliament, president, government, religious associations, societies, organizations, universities, and businesses.
Dubai
Health care in Dubai is of a very high standard.
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 ...
Vienna
Vienna was founded around the 5th century BC by the Boers (a large Celtic tribe), as a Celtic settlement.
Around 15 BC, this settlement was conquered by the Romans, who set up a camp of the 10th Legion call ...
Philadelphia
In 1852, the Czech-German priest and missionary Johannes Nepomucene Neumann was ordained Bishop of Philadelphia.
During his eight-year term, he laid the foundations for the Catholic parochial school system that st ...
Shanghai
The city of Shanghai participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The first engagement of the Second Sino-Japanese War took place in 1937 and is called the Battle of ...
Cairo
The Cairo Metro has three operational lines.
It was the first rapid transit system in the Arab world. Construction plans date back to the 1930s, ...
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the only city in Germany where grapes are grown in an urban area, mainly in the districts of Rotenberg, Uhlbach, and Untertürkheim.
Viticulture in this area dates back to 1108 when the Blaubeuren Abbey received vineyards in Stuttgar ...
Los Angeles
The city is both flat and hilly.
The highest point in the city itself is Mount Lukens - the peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, with a ...
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.