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The main ingredient of Shanghai cuisine is sugar.

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

Olomouc and its surroundings are among the warmest places in the Czech Republic.

Shanghai started as a fishing village, then developed into a market town in the 12th century.

Shanghai is famous for Art Deco architecture.

The Kontorhausviertel is also on the World Cultural Heritage List.

Tallinn is 82 km from Helsinki, 280 km from Riga, 314 km from St. Petersburg, 380 km from Stockholm, 530 km from Vilnius, and 800 km from Oslo.

In the 15th century, an important figure for Florence was Girolamo Savonarola - a Dominican, religious and political reformer, who was considered a heretic and schismatic by the Catholic Church.

In late 2022 Shanghai will open the world’s largest indoor ski resort.

Another historic church of Bruges is the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, inside of which is a sculpture by Michelangelo.