Cities

Miniatur Wunderland is the world’s largest miniature railway located in the Speicherstadt area of Hamburg.

Saint Bavon (Bavo) was born in Allowin near Liege, to the Haspengouw family - legend calls him the son of Pepin of Landen.

Finland’s rapid urbanization occurred later than in other European countries, only in the 1970s.

It took 120 years to build St. Peter's Basilica.

St. Petersburg was the center of the revolutionary initiative in Russia. In 1825, the anti-Tsarist Dekabrists uprising broke out there.

In the 6th century BC, the last king of Lydia, Croesus (his name is synonymous with the rich man of antiquity) built a temple to Artemis in Ephesus.

The tallest building in the city is the Salesforce Tower.

Madrid has a large number of churches, some of which are some of the finest works of Spanish religious art. The oldest church that has survived to this day is San Nicolás de los Servitas. Its belfry dates back to the 12th century and is the oldest architectural element of the building.

To further humiliate the citizens, on May 3, 1540, by order of the ruler, 30 of the most prominent citizens, 318 members of the smaller guilds, and 50 members of the weavers' guild had to march through the city barefoot, clad only in shirts.

At the beginning of the 14th century, King Philip the Beautiful of France entered Flanders and demanded a high contribution from the country.