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King Henry II heard the story about the legendary ruler's grave on the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey from a Welsh bard.

The Al-Azhar Mosque is said to be the most renowned educational institution in Sunni Islam.

The only officially established and significant agglomeration in Estonia is the Tallinn Metropolitan Area.

After the conference, the palace was opened to the public.

Maria Szymanowska, a Polish composer, spent the last moments of her life in St. Petersburg.

Philadelphia's architecture dates back to colonial times and presents a wealth of styles.

The symbol of the Petropavlovsk Fortress, the entire city, and tsarist power, is the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, which is crowned by a 122-meter spire.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, attacks on Vienna by the Turks were repulsed twice, also with the help of Poland.

In 1715, the Naval Academy was opened in St. Petersburg, followed ten years later by the Academy of Sciences.

After the announcement of the Edict of Potsdam, which encouraged Protestants to settle in Brandenburg, Potsdam became a center of European immigration.