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Thursday, 6 August 2026
20 facts about Stuttgart
20 facts about Stuttgart
A German city with the highest standard of wealth
Stuttgart is one of the largest agglomerations in Germany, the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a city with a rich wine tradition, the ...

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Glastonbury
On the site of the church destroyed by fire in 1184, there is a 12th-century chapel of the Virgin Mary.
Tradition says that this church was built by Joseph of Arimathea.
Madrid
Madrid has a large number of churches, some of which are some of the finest works of Spanish religious art. The oldest church that has survived to this day is San Nicolás de los Servitas. Its belfry dates back to the 12th century and is the oldest architectural element of the building.
The remaining parts of the church have been rebuilt many times and come from the period between the ...
Kaliningrad
In 1552, King Sigismund II August visited Königsberg.
In 1542, Prince Albrecht Hohenzollern, who was the nephew of King Sigismund the Old, established a p ...
Shanghai
Its official city flower is White Yulan.
It belongs to the genus magnolia, native to China. It grows in the Yangtze River basin.
Olomouc
On Václavské náměstí in Olomouc is the Cathedral of St. Wenceslas.
It was built in 1107-1131 as a Romanesque basilica, rebuilt in the 14th century in Gothic style, and ...
Los Angeles
As early as 1542, the area of southern California was recognized as part of the Spanish colonial empire.
On August 2, 1769, the Spanish officer Gaspar de Portola, who served as the first governor of Califo ...
Bremen
It is the eleventh largest city in Germany and the second largest city in northern Germany, after Hamburg.
Together with Bremerhaven and Oldenburg, it belongs to one of the eleven metropolitan regions in Germany - the northwestern metropolitan region.
Vienna
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.
During the siege of Vienna in 1683, Kulczycki, disguised as an Ottoman soldier and singing Turkish s ...
Cairo
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the country.
Over 10 million people inhabit Cairo and approximately 21,3 million live in the metropolitan area. It is the largest agglomeration in Africa.
Los Angeles
When New Spain (Spanish colonial possession in North America) gained independence from Spain, the pueblo became part of Mexico.
The Mexicans ruled the city until 1847, when, as a result of the Mexican-American War, the Americans took control of Los Angeles.