Cities

While most people in China do not speak English, most inhabitants of Shanghai know at least the basics.

Built by Peter I, the city was to be entirely made of brick.

Olomouc’s Upper Square is also home to the Gothic Town Hall, a historic building that was the former seat of the city government.

An interesting figure and probably the founder of one of the first cafes in Vienna was a Pole, Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki of the Sas coat of arms, translator from Turkish, dragon of the Eastern Trade Company, diplomat, soldier of King John III Sobieski.

The oldest bridge in Paris is called the “New Bridge.”

Copenhagen has the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the world.

The relic is placed in a crystal vial, and this one is inside a small glass vessel decorated at each end with a gold crown.

A slow process of stagnation began for Bruges.

Senatus Populusque Romanus

The Museum of Art history in Vienna, opened in 1891, contains a collection of paintings of European painting from the 15th to 18th centuries, including works by Pieter Bruegel, Rubens, Titan, Rembrandt, Velázquez, among others.