Cities

Muslim women cannot be photographed.

As a result of the division of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, Bratislava became the capital of independent Slovakia.

In 133 BC Ephesus came under the rule of the Roman Empire.

In the 15th century, Florence was one of the largest cities in Europe.

Around 1000, the golden age of Florentine art began.

Bruges has a nearly 100-kilometer-long network of active canals, by which it is connected to Ostend, Zeebrugge (a port built by the Germans during World War I for U-boats), and Ghent.

The Florence skyline is dominated by the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, called Il Duomo by the Italians, topped by Brunelleschi's dome.

The city is located in the Uusimaa region in the southern part of the country, on the shores of the Gulf of Finland.

Shanghai’s signature dessert is the Tangyuan.

In 1990, the historic center of San Gimignano was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.