Europe
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History of Saint Petersburg
Brief history of St. Petersburg summarized With just 3 centuries of life, here is the brief history of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg Foundation Saint Petersburg was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great. The city’s beginnings were humble: just the Peter and Paul Fortress, designed by the Swiss-Italian architect Domenico Trezzini, on the marshy land of the island of Zayachy (Hare), near the mouth of the Neva River. The Tsar himself helped build the fortress. As any Russian textbook wants you to know, Peter the Great wanted to “open a window to Europe“, which meant not only a port and…
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History of Santorini
Brief history of Santorini summarized A brief look at the history of Santorini, one of the islands of Greece. The origin of Santorini According to Santorini records and excavations, the first human presence on the island dates back to the Neolithic. Santorini hosted an important civilization around 3600 BC Discoveries made in an important city near Akrotiri and the famous Red Beach show the existence of an ancient Minoan colony. The city was very similar to those found on the island of Crete, with many ceramic and wall decorations showing naturalistic landscapes of animals and humans in the same ancient…
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History of Sicily
Brief history of Sicily summarized A look at the interesting and brief history of Sicily, as a summary. From the origin to the Byzantines Sicily’s early history began gloriously with centuries of Greek rule and flourished again under Arab and Norman rule. At the beginning of 1250 BC three tribes shared the dominion of the region: the Sikans of Iberian origin, the Elímios of eastern Mediterranean origin, and the Sikels of continental Italy and from whom Sicily took its name. The arrival of the Romans So, for nearly 1,000 years, the people of Sicily suffered grievously at the hands of…
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Poland
History of Warsaw
Brief history of Warsaw summarized The history of Warsaw allows us to delve into the dark past of the capital of Poland. Old Warsaw Warsaw developed later than other Polish cities. In the 10th century there was a small settlement on the Wisla river. However, it did not become a city until the 14th century. In 1413 Warsaw became the capital of the Duchy of Masovia. So in 1526 Masovia became an integral part of the Kingdom of Poland. The Warsaw Barbican was built in 1548. In 1569 Poland joined Lithuania and the Sejm (parliament) voted to meet in Warsaw.…
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Italy
History of Venice
Brief history of Venice summarized A pleasant and brief journey through the history of Venice, the city of canals and love. Venice in the Middle Ages According to tradition, Venice was founded in AD 421. At that time a Celtic people called the Veneti lived along the coast of what is now northeastern Italy. From 49 BC they were Roman citizens. However, in the year 453 Attila, the Huns invaded Italy. In terror some Venetians fled to the islands in the lagoon and built a town there. They soon formed a federation. Then, in 568 AD, a people called the…
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History of Vienna
Brief history of Vienna summarized Brief summary of the history of Vienna, going back to Habsburg and Babenberg times, or even further back, when the Romans founded their Vindobona. Prehistoric times Archaeological artifacts found in and around the city are proof that the area was already populated during the Neolithic (the most famous sculpture is the Venus von Willendorf dating from 25,000 BC). A favorable climate and fertile soil, as well as the nearby Danube River, supported these settlements. Celts and Romans Around 500 BC a fortified Celtic settlement was founded on the premises of present-day Vienna, known as Vedunia.…
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History of Zürich
Brief history of Zurich summarized A review of the brief history of Zurich, the capital of Switzerland. The Romans and the Schwyzerdütsch (100 BC – 10th century) Although Zurich’s history began before the Romans, it seems that they were the ones who gave the city its name. Around 15 BC they established a military base on the site of present-day Lindenhof called Turicum, and since its inhabitants were not as fluent in Latin, it gradually became the slightly more callous ‘Zurich’. A copy of the Roman tomb stone mentioning Turicum is found at Lindenhof. Roman rule ended around 400 AD…
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