Cities

According to legend, the Romans owe the defense of the Roman Capitol against the invasion of the Gauls in 390 B.C. to geese.

It is a city with traditional historic buildings.

There is a Carlsberg brewing museum in the city.

Shanghai metro system is the largest in the world.

One of the city's oldest streets is Kaufingerstraße.

In the 7th century BC, the city was destroyed by the Kimmerians - a nomadic Indo-European people most likely coming from the vicinity of Crimea and the parts of today's Ukraine adjacent to Crimea.

The Florentine plain and the surrounding hills have been inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by archaeological finds in the area.

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.

Tallinn's only significant river is the Pirita.

As a result of the division of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, Bratislava became the capital of independent Slovakia.