Cities

The Arc de Triomphe took 30 years to complete.

Ghent received the rights to its own city council around 1100 from the Count of Flanders.

While most people in China do not speak English, most inhabitants of Shanghai know at least the basics.

The city was founded on June 29, 1776 by Spanish colonists.

The city is located on the Sambia Peninsula - a peninsula in Russia that divides the Vistula Lagoon from the Curonian Lagoon.

As early as 1542, the area of southern California was recognized as part of the Spanish colonial empire.

In 1873, the founding meeting of the Institute of International Law took place in Ghent.

St. Petersburg is home to a car factory employing 6700 people, where the Chevrolet Cruze is produced.

This period of wonderful development of Ephesus ended during the so-called Ephesus Vespers - the massacre of the Romans and Italic peoples in Asia Minor, which took place around 88 BC.

On October 21st, 2007, the bust of Professor Kazimierz Michałowski was unveiled in the gardens of the Egyptian Museum.