Cities

Near St. Petersburg are numerous tourist and recreational destinations with park and palace complexes of former Russian tsars: Tsarskoye Selo, Peterhof, Pavlovsk, Zelenogorsk, and Gatchina.

During the Civil War that broke out on July 17, 1936, Madrid became a besieged fortress.

The Austrian capital also houses one of the largest technology museums in Europe-Technisches Museum Wien.

It is the eleventh largest city in Germany and the second largest city in northern Germany, after Hamburg.

The Cairo Metro has three operational lines.

The Circus Maximus was the oldest and largest circus in ancient Rome.

In 1918, Bratislava became part of Czechoslovakia, and after World War II, the city became the seat of the Slovak National Council.

San Gimignano’s downfall came in 1348, when the city was hit by an epidemic of plague (the Black Death).

In the years 1947-1952, Potsdam was the capital of the newly created state of Brandenburg.

One of the world's largest malls, Dubai is home to the third-largest indoor ski slope.