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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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Vienna
Associated with the plague epidemic in Vienna is the legend of good Augustine.
Augustine was a street musician who fell into a gutter one night in a state of alcoholic intoxicatio ...
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Ghent
The city was surrounded by walls with four gates.
The city was granted the privilege of a storehouse, which ordered any merchant passing through Ghent ...
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Shanghai
It has its own dialect.
Shanghainese is so distinctive from Chinese that most people from around the country cannot understand it.
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Hamburg
At the beginning of their career, the Beatles often played in Hamburg.
In honor of the band, a square called Beatles-Platz was created at the intersection of Reeperbahn an ...
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San Gimignano
The town is situated on the crest of a hill (300 meters above sea level), in a north-south direction.
It is surrounded by three walls. At the highest point, to the west, are the ruins of a fortress dism ...
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Copenhagen
Hans Christian Andersen rests in the Assistens Kirkegård cemetery in Copenhagen.
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Los Angeles
The city, like much of California's southern coast, is subject to the so-called "June Gloom".
It is characterized by morning clouds or fog that disappear before noon, giving way to sunny, cloudless skies.
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Saint Petersburg
The second half of the 19th century saw the development of St. Petersburg's industry.
A railroad connection between Moscow and St. Petersburg was also built.
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Potsdam
In 1415, Potsdam became the property of the Hohenzollerns.
In 1660, the city was chosen as the hunting residence of the Elector of Brandenburg, Frederick William I, and became the core of a powerful state that later transformed into the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Stuttgart
From the 7th century BC, the Stuttgart area was an important agricultural area - there were extensive vineyards there.
The Roman Empire conquered these areas in AD 83 and built a fortified military camp at the intersect ...
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24 facts about Bremen
24 facts about Bremen
A city of tolerance and opportunities
Bremen, a city on the Weser, is located a short distance from its mouth into the North Sea. Its hallmark and pride are the values it has been professi ...
19 facts about Hamburg
19 facts about Hamburg
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
This beautiful city with old buildings existed already in the early Middle Ages when it served as a center of Christianization. Its city port is one o ...
31 facts about Helsinki
31 facts about Helsinki
The northernmost urban area in the world
Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland, the third largest city in the Nordic countries. It is the northernmost capital of a European Unio ...
48 facts about Vienna
48 facts about Vienna
One of the greenest cities in the world
Vienna, the capital of Austria, is a city of imperial palaces, the Viennese waltz, Sacher cake, classical music, and New Year’s concerts by the Vienna ...
31 facts about Bruges
31 facts about Bruges
Cradle of Flemish painting
Bruges is a small Belgian city that, in the Middle Ages, was a commercial and financial powerhouse of this part of Europe. At the time, it was one of ...
21 facts about Palermo
21 facts about Palermo
A city founded by Phoenicians
Palermo is a city founded by the Phoenicians over 2700 years ago. Located in a valley that the Arabs called Conca d’Oro in the 9th century, it is surr ...
19 facts about Olomouc
19 facts about Olomouc
The historic capital of Moravia
Olomouc, located in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, is a beautiful, though not very popular, city. As the capital of Moravia, it has a rich hi ...
17 facts about San Gimignano
17 facts about San Gimignano
The Town of Fine Towers
San Gimignano is a charming town in the heart of Italian Tuscany, which mesmerizes with an unprecedented beauty, fascinating history, and unique chara ...
27 facts about Rome
27 facts about Rome
The Eternal City hides many fascinating secrets
The history of Rome has been continuous for 28 centuries, although it is known that the area was inhabited much earlier. Rome is one of the longest in ...
30 facts about Shanghai
30 facts about Shanghai
The Paris of the East
Shanghai is the most eclectic city in China. It combines various architectural styles and is known as the Chinese center of Art Deco. Developing at a ...
23 facts about Paris
23 facts about Paris
City of Light
Paris is very eagerly visited by tourists. It surprises with the number of monuments and architectural marvels from various historical periods. Hundre ...
17 facts about Madrid
17 facts about Madrid
The bear and the strawberry tree
The medieval city dates back to the times when the Moors lived in this area. Situated on the Meseta Central near the Manzanares River, it was an excel ...
16 facts about Cairo
16 facts about Cairo
The city of a thousand minarets
Settlements in the area around today’s Cairo existed over five thousand years ago. Over the years, the city’s surroundings passed from hand to hand—fr ...
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