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Tuesday, 17 February 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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Glastonbury
The greatest mystery of Glastonbury is the question of whether King Arthur's body was buried on the abbey grounds.
Despite the monks' declarations about the discovery of the remains of the king and his wife Guinever ...
Vienna
A complex of buildings has been built in Vienna, which is one of the four main places in the world (along with complexes in New York, Geneva, and Nairobi) where United Nations institutions are located - Vienna Internationale Center.
The Complex consists of 6 office buildings of similar architectural form, built on a Y-shaped plan. ...
Potsdam
The highest hill in the city is Kleiner Ravensberg with a height of 114.2 m above sea level.
This hill is located in a forest called Ravensberge. The hill is part of a retaining moraine.The lowest point is in the city center, on the banks of the Havel, and is 29 m above sea level.
Florence
The city's main resource was the Arno River (mainly for the textile industry) and access to the Mediterranean Sea (international trade).
Another resource was the city's merchant community and its merchant banking skills, which gained par ...
Vienna
Vienna was founded around the 5th century BC by the Boers (a large Celtic tribe), as a Celtic settlement.
Around 15 BC, this settlement was conquered by the Romans, who set up a camp of the 10th Legion call ...
Ghent
In 1932, the largest cinema in Belgium began operating in Ghent, screening sound films - the Capitole.
Ghent had its radio station in the 1930s, and Ghent University became the first university in the co ...
Tallinn
Tallinn was one of the urban areas of industrial and military importance in northern Estonia that underwent extensive Russification during the Soviet occupation (1944-1991).
There was then a large influx of immigrants from Russia and other parts of the former USSR. Entire n ...
Los Angeles
As early as 1542, the area of southern California was recognized as part of the Spanish colonial empire.
On August 2, 1769, the Spanish officer Gaspar de Portola, who served as the first governor of Califo ...
Bruges
Bruges also has a beautiful, mysterious chapel-the Jerusalemkerk.
Its origin is connected with the merchant Adorno family. In the second half of the 13th century, thi ...
Los Angeles
In 1969, California became the birthplace of the Internet.
The first ARPANET transmission was then made from the University of California in Los Angeles to the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park in San Francisco.