Cities

In 1852, the Czech-German priest and missionary Johannes Nepomucene Neumann was ordained Bishop of Philadelphia.

Near St. Petersburg are numerous tourist and recreational destinations with park and palace complexes of former Russian tsars: Tsarskoye Selo, Peterhof, Pavlovsk, Zelenogorsk, and Gatchina.

It is situated on the Havel River, a tributary of the Elbe.

During World War II, Palermo was heavily bombed by Allied air forces until it was captured during the Allied invasion of Sicily on 22nd July 1943.

At the beginning of the 19th century (1801-1807), Florence was the capital of the Napoleonic kingdom of Etruria.

Helsinki, together with the neighboring cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, make up the so-called Capital Regin.

Vienna was founded around the 5th century BC by the Boers (a large Celtic tribe), as a Celtic settlement.

In ancient Rome, only citizens were allowed to wear the toga. Foreigners, slaves, and people exiled from Rome were not allowed to wear it.

There are 20 arrondissements in Paris arranged in a spiral, that extends from the city center.

The panorama of Florence is dominated by the city cathedral - Duomo, as well as Palazzo Vecchio - the city hall.