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Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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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Bremen
The history of Bremen is 1200 years old.
For most of its existence, it was an independent city under the jurisdiction of the Confederation of ...
Vienna
A complex of buildings has been built in Vienna, which is one of the four main places in the world (along with complexes in New York, Geneva, and Nairobi) where United Nations institutions are located - Vienna Internationale Center.
The Complex consists of 6 office buildings of similar architectural form, built on a Y-shaped plan. ...
Epheseus
In the years 540-480 BC, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (the period in ancient philosophy before Socrates) lived in Ephesus - Heraclitus.
The most famous element of the philosophy of Heraclitus of Ephesus is the concept of change as the c ...
Los Angeles
The city is divided into over 80 districts and housing estates.
The most famous districts include West Adams, Compton, Watts, Leimert Park, Baldwin Hills, Venice, F ...
Los Angeles
In 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded a pueblo they named El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles.
More than half of the settlers were mestizos or mulattoes of African, Amerindian, or European descen ...
Helsinki
Helsinki has a humid continental climate, similar to that on the coast of Hokkaido or Nova Scotia (one of Canada’s thirteen provinces).
Winters in Helsinki are much warmer than in northern Finland (the moderating influence of the Baltic ...
Vienna
The city’s largest population in its entire history-2.25 million-was in 1916.
These were Austro-Hungarian citizens.
Bruges
The city area is 138.4 square kilometers.
According to 2014 data, Burges had a population of more than 117.300, giving a population density of 848 people per square kilometer.
Glastonbury
There is a tower on Glastonbury Hill, which is the remains of a church that once stood here.
According to legend, the hill was the entrance to Avon, a hidden kingdom of the underworld. In the 6 ...
Vienna
On 9th August 1918, the flight over Vienna took place - a propaganda action by Italian pilots who, during World War I, dropped propaganda leaflets in the districts of Vienna, calling on the Austrians to end the war.
This flight had no military significance, only propaganda, both in Italy and abroad. In addition to ...