Cities

In the 13th century, the Lieve canal, 45 km long, was built in Ghent, and later, facing Antwerp, the Sasse Vaart canal.

The city was founded in 1167 by Absalon, bishop of Roskilde.

The city is located near the Apennines, in a basin formed by the surrounding clay hills.

Practical power in the city rested in the hands of about 40 of the wealthiest families, whose members sat on the city council.

The building where America's Founding Fathers debated and adopted both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution is the historic Independence Hall.

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

A revolt of the union of Greek cities in Asia Minor broke out against Persian rule, to which Ephesus did not join.

Ghent's greatest profits in the period from the 12th to the 15th century came from the production of and trade in cloth.

Bruges has a nearly 100-kilometer-long network of active canals, by which it is connected to Ostend, Zeebrugge (a port built by the Germans during World War I for U-boats), and Ghent.

Originally, in the place of present-day Kaliningrad, there was a Prussian settlement, which until the 13th century was called Twangeste ("Oak Forest").