Minsk is Belarus’s capital and largest city, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers, which are now subterranean. Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus as the capital, and…
In an extraordinary feat of construction, The Canopy was built in the Les Halles neighborhood of Paris, atop the second busiest shopping center in France and the largest underground railway…
Portuguese immigrants in the mid-eighteenth century first settled the city’s region, but it wouldn’t become a hamlet until 1824 when the first German immigrants arrived. Novo Hamburgo was part of…
The San Dieguito Complex, located in the El Pinacate Zone, contains evidence that the area has been occupied for roughly 3,000 years. Agriculture has been documented for over 2,500 years.…
Brescia was founded according to various myths: one attributes it to Hercules, while another attributes it to Altilia, which was founded by a fugitive from the siege of Troy. Another…
The city was founded at the northernmost point of the Hondsrug area. While the oldest document referring to Groningen’s existence dates from 1040, the town was occupied by Anglo-Saxons centuries…
In 1994 the Vilnius Old Town was included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (No. 541) in recognition of its universal value and originality. It has been recognized as one…
The town was fortified in 919 by King Henry the Fowler against the Magyars and Slavs and was founded by Charlemagne in 805 as Magadoburg (possibly from Old High German…
The Gasworks company of Bydgoszcz is one of the oldest in Poland and an important company in the city too. The building was built in 1859 on a selected area…
Surrounding the first Church of Santo André, the first houses sprung, as is natural, and, as expected, its inhabitants were deeply connected to the religious cult. Some preserved the Church…
Americana is located in the Sao Paulo region of Brazil. The first records of occupation of the territory now Americana come from the late 18th century when Domingos da Costa…
The Mississaugas Indigenous people named what is now known as 12 Mile Creek “Ashquasing,” which means “that which is at the end” in the Anishinaabe language. St. Catharines is located…
