Cities

St. John's Basilica was built around 535 by Emperor Justinian, using materials from the temple of Artemis, which had been destroyed not long before.

In the early 16th century, when the Zwin Canal, which was the “window to the world,” the source of the city’s power, was silted up, the city began to lose its commercial importance.

Native Austrians make up almost 77.7 percent of the capital’s population.

The Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in the United States.

The area of the city is 159.2 square kilometers.

Los Angeles has the most museums per capita of any city in the world.

Near Piazza della Signoria there is one of the oldest museums in Europe - the Uffizi Gallery.

In 1861, Tuscany became part of the Kingdom of Italy.

In the 15th century, an important figure for Florence was Girolamo Savonarola - a Dominican, religious and political reformer, who was considered a heretic and schismatic by the Catholic Church.

The Signature Room at the 95th restaurant is located on the 95th floor of the skyscraper at 875 N Michigan Ave.