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Wednesday, 8 October 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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Florence
In the 17th century, the first meteorological station in the history of the city, and one of the first in the world, was established in Florence - Monastero degli Angeli.
It was based in the former church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in via Alfani. It acted on the orders ...
Potsdam
Potsdam was destroyed during Allied bombing, especially in the final phase of World War II.
The bombing of April 14, 1945, was particularly severe, when a significant part of the city was dest ...
Florence
Florence is the city where the leading representatives of Italian painting, architecture, and sculpture lived and worked.
The following artists worked there: Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Michelangelo, Cimabue (Cenni di Pe ...
Bremen
One of the Bremen legends is associated with the existence of the Roland statue.
According to her, Bremen will be a free and independent city as long as Roland stands in the market ...
Bruges
The most valuable piece of equipment in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary is Michelangelo’s sculpture Madonna and Child, also known as the Madonna of Bruges.
The sculpture, made of white Carrara marble, dates to 1503-1504 and is one of the few works by Miche ...
Epheseus
Archaeological works are still being carried out in Ephesus.
New objects are constantly discovered, but most of them are not open to visitors.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York.
It is also the third largest city in North America, after Mexico City and New York. The population of Los Angeles is approximately 4 million people.
Potsdam
Frederick the Great, son of Frederick I, valued the ideas of the Enlightenment and reformed the Prussian state.
During his reign, Potsdam became a residential city, also in terms of its cityscape, and then made e ...
Dubai
You can't drink alcohol in public places, except in designated establishments and licensed hotels. Carrying alcohol, even in a sealed bottle, leads to a fine or arrest.
San Francisco
Jeans were invented for gold diggers.
Every prospector needed comfortable and durable clothing in which he could search for nuggets for ho ...