Cities

Around 1000, the golden age of Florentine art began.

In 2012, the 5-millionth St. Petersburger was born.

In 1932, the largest cinema in Belgium began operating in Ghent, screening sound films - the Capitole.

It is located on the Isar River.

Helsinki has quite a few buildings inspired by Art nouveau (Jugend in Finnish), belonging to the Romantic Nationalism trend.

The oldest bridge in Paris is called the “New Bridge.”

There is a wind farm at the city's waterfront that supplies 4 percent of the city with electricity.

The cathedral grounds contain the tombs of all Russian tsars, beginning with Peter I.

An international conference of representatives from sixteen European countries, which lasted from September 1814 to June 1815, called the Congress of Vienna, was held in Vienna.

In 1426, Ephesus was occupied by the Ottoman Turks.