Cities

The entire road system in Spain is measured from kilometer zero, situated in front of the post office building at Puerta del Sol.

Until the end of the 18th century, Philadelphia was the largest city in the United States.

Ghent is an important seaport.

Approximately 1.6 million people ride the Chicago subway every day.

Los Angeles has the most museums per capita of any city in the world.

Ghent was the first city in Europe where the Industrial Revolution arrived.

Vienna is home to Austria’s famous Wiener Philharmoniker orchestra and the Wiener Sangerknaben boys’ choir.

Saint John died in Ephesus, and Emperor Justinian, in the first half of the 6th century, ordered a basilica to be built over his grave, which is now located on the Ayasuluk hills, east of the temple of Artemis.

The Florentine plain and the surrounding hills have been inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by archaeological finds in the area.

In the 16th century, the Reformation period began in Vienna.