Blogs from Europe - page 14469

Feb 10, 1994 *City official name :Torremolinos *Founded date : *Location :Malaga Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Torremolinos is a tourism-oriented city and municipality on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, immediately to the west of the city of Málaga, in the province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain. A poor fishing village before the growth in tourism beginning in the late 1950s, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to develop. It is very popular with British tourists and has a large British expatriate population. The town is dominated by high-rise development, considered ugly by some people. Torremolinos had its heyday during the e... read more

Dec 21, 1993 *City official name :Roussillon *Founded date : *Location :Provence Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Roussillon is a village and commune in the Luberon area of the Vaucluse department in southern France. ... read more

Dec 19, 1993 *City official name :Paris *Founded date : *Location :Lie de France Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Paris is the capital city of France and a French département (75). Situated on the banks of the river Seine in north-central France, it is also the capital of the Île-de-France région (also known as "Paris Region"), which encompasses Paris and its suburbs. Paris had an estimated mid-2004 population of 2,144,700. The Paris urban area, extending well beyond the city boundaries, has today an estimated population of 9.93 million. The Paris metropolitan area (including satellite towns) stood at 11.5 million in 1999 and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe. The Pari... read more

Dec 15, 1993 *City official name :Marseille *Founded date : *Location :ProvenceProvince *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Marseille is the second largest city in France and the third metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census. Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port. It is considered the Provençale capital, one of the Occitan capitals of Occitania and France. Marseille is also the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, as well as the préfecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhône département. Marseille was founded in 600 BC by Greeks from Phocaea as a trading port under the name Μασσαλία (Massalia; se... read more

Nov 2, 1993 *City official name :Postojna *Founded date : *Location :Notranjska Province *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Postojna (also known as Adelsberg in German) is a town and a municipality in the province of Notranjska, 22 miles from Trieste, in southwestern Slovenia. Population 14,581 (2002). Between 1918 and 1945 Postojna was also known by its Italian name Postumia. Near the town is a major tourist attraction: the 20-km long cave system called Postojna cave (Postojnska jama). The cave was first described in the 17th century by Janez Vajkard Valvasor, and a new area of the cave was discovered in 1818 by Luka Cec. Electric lighting was added in 1872, enhancing the cave system's popularity. ... read more