Cities

Monday, 20 April 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
The town is mainly known for Glastonbury Abbey and Glastonbury Tor.
Glastonbury Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey founded in 712 by King Ine of Wessex (one of the sev ...
Olomouc
Olomouc currently has at least 25 fountains.
Olomouc’s fountains are located at various points in the Old Town. Some of them stand out because of ...
Olomouc
Olomouc has many historic townhouses and palaces.
One of these is the Hauenschild’s Palace, the Renaissance home of a wealthy bourgeois family (it has ...
Palermo
The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as Sis (“Flower”).
It then became the property of Carthage. Two Greek colonies were established, known collectively as ...
Los Angeles
In 1969, California became the birthplace of the Internet.
The first ARPANET transmission was then made from the University of California in Los Angeles to the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park in San Francisco.
Cairo
The Greater Cairo Area is the largest metropolitan area in Africa and the 6th largest in the world.
It comprises Cairo, Giza, Heluan, Imbaba, and Shubrā al-Khaimah. Roughly 60% of all Egypt’s illegally constructed buildings are in the Greater Cairo Area.
Bruges
Bruges has retained its original Gothic buildings and many monuments gathered in the city.
These include one of the city’s symbols - a monumental tower (beffroi - a castle watchtower or city ...
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 ...
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.
Paris
The Arc de Triomphe took 30 years to complete.
One of the most outstanding monuments in France is placed in the Champs-Élysées.