Cities

Paris has five replicas of the Statue of Liberty.

The Arno River, which runs through the old part of the city, is deeply embedded in the history of Florence.

The weekend in Dubai starts on Thursday evening and lasts until the end of Saturday. Sunday is a working day.

Racial tensions in the city led to riots in 1965 in Watts, a small L.A. neighborhood.

The pillars of the Los Angeles economy are international trade, the entertainment industry (film, television, music, video games), aviation and oil industry, technology, fashion, and tourism.

After the Thirty Year’s War, the city lost its status as the capital of Moravia to Brno.

Ghent was also the site of the Inquisition.

Tallinn's only significant river is the Pirita.

The famous Spanish Steps were built between 1723 and 1725.

Originally, in the place of present-day Kaliningrad, there was a Prussian settlement, which until the 13th century was called Twangeste ("Oak Forest").