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Sunday, 3 May 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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Epheseus
Ephesus is located in the west of Anatolia - a historical land in Turkey, 6 km from the Aegean Sea.
It is located between the cities of Izmir (formerly Smyrna) and Aydin.
Tallinn
Tallinn is visited by 4.3 million tourists every year.
Finns are frequent guests there - from June to October, on average, 20-40 thousand Finnish tourists come there.
Vienna
The Museum of Art history in Vienna, opened in 1891, contains a collection of paintings of European painting from the 15th to 18th centuries, including works by Pieter Bruegel, Rubens, Titan, Rembrandt, Velázquez, among others.
The Neubau district (7) is home to the 90.000-square-meter Museum Quartier (Museum Quarter) architec ...
Glastonbury
English sculptor Katharine Maltwood publicly announced in 1929 that she had discovered enormous figures scattered across the lands of Somerset, north of Glastonbury.
Bounded by the natural contours of rivers, paths, roads, hills, ditches, and embankments, these figu ...
Saint Petersburg
Built by Peter I, the city was to be entirely made of brick.
It was being built in very difficult conditions (swampy, unfamiliar terrain, low temperatures). The ...
Saint Petersburg
Regardless of the social changes, St. Petersburg was developing all the time.
New palaces and religious buildings continued to be built, while wealthy capitalists and landowners ...
Olomouc
One of the most important examples of Late Gothic architecture in Moravia is the Church of St. Maurice in Olomouc.
It was built in the 13th century and has been rebuilt several times since then. It is dominated by u ...
Philadelphia
Penn named his colony Philadelphia, which means "brotherly love" in Greek.
He planned a city on the Delaware River, which was to be a port and the seat of administration. He w ...
Ghent
When the cloth trade ceased to be profitable, the city began to decline and residents revolted.
Disgruntled officials and workers organized strikes, as a result of which Charles V Habsburg strippe ...
San Gimignano
The city’s main square is Piazza della Cisterna.
The square is shaped like a triangle, and its cobblestone pavement is laid in a herringbone pattern. ...