Venice

Venice (Italian: Venezia, veins. Venesia) - a town in northern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. Best known for the fact that the historical part is located on the islands and channels. In the Middle Ages, Venice was the center of the Republic of Venice, one of the most important states in the Mediterranean. Now a major tourist and industrial center, the capital of the Veneto region and the province of Venice. Population - 270.4 thousand people (2009).
Geographical position
The port on the Adriatic Sea (turnover of over 21 million tons per year), International Airport Marco Polo.
The historic center is located on 118 islands in the Venetian lagoon, separated by 150 canals and channels through which airlifted some 400 bridges (including the Rialto and the so-called Bridge of Sighs, both belong to the end of the XVI century).
Industrial and port of Venice (Mestre) mainland. Shipbuilding and repair, non-ferrous metallurgy, petroleum, chemical, electrical, light industry. Craftwork art glass (Murano, Museum), lace (Burano Island), mosaics. University Conservatory of Music (1916). Museums (including the Academy Gallery of Art). The first public opera house (1637-1812), the opera "La Fenice" (1792).

London

London (born London [lʌndən] (i)) - a town in England, the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Administrative forms Greater London region, which consists of the ceremonial county of Greater London and the City.
Population - 8.2 million people (2011), the largest city in the European Union. Forms a conurbation 'Greater London', within the metropolitan zone population of over 12 million people. Located in the south-east of the United Kingdom, on the banks of the River Thames, about 80 km from the North Sea.
One of the global cities, competing with New York for the title of the world's leading financial center. River and sea ports and six airports, the world's oldest underground. There are more than 40 universities. Location of the British Museum, and the largest in the world at the British Library.
The historic center of the area so Westminster and the City of, which adjoins the medieval Tower of London. In the Fire of 1666, the city was heavily damaged.
Founded under the name Londinium Romans soon after their invasion of Britain in 43 AD. In the XI-XII centuries, became the capital of England. At the beginning of XVIII century became the capital of the United Kingdom and the largest city in Europe. From 1825 to 1925 was the largest city in the world. Since XVI to XX century was the capital of British
The Roman period
Londinium was founded by the Romans soon after their invasion of Britain in the summer of '43. Settlement on the north bank of the Thames at the confluence of the rivers Uolbruk was to protect the wooden bridge built over the River Thames. The Romans probably moved from the coast inland to the sea on the ancient road, pass through the ford near the modern Westminster Bridge.

Berlin

Berlin (German: Berlin [bɛɐ̯li ː n]) - the capital of Germany, the largest and most populated city in Germany. After London Berlin - the second in terms of population and the fifth area of ​​the city the EU. Berlin - one of the 16 states in the Federal Republic of Germany. The city is situated on the banks of the Spree (connected with this "nickname" of Berlin «Spree-Athen» - «Athens on the Spree") and Havel in the center of the federal state of Brandenburg, of which it is not (since 1920).
Around 1200 on the site of modern Berlin offers two trading settlement - Cologne and Berlin. The exact date of receipt of the rights of the urban unknown. Cologne city rights were first mentioned in 1237, the city rights of Berlin - in 1244. In 1307 the city joined together to form the overall city government. In 1400 the combined population of Berlin was 8000. The historical name of "Cologne" is reflected in the title of the Berlin district of Neukölln.
Berlin was the capital margraviate / Electorate of Brandenburg (since 1417), Prussia (Brandenburg Electorate after the merger with the Duchy of Prussia), and after the creation of the German Empire became its capital.
After World War II, in accordance with the decisions of the Yalta Conference in Berlin, although located in the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany was divided into four victorious powers to the occupation sectors. Later, three sectors have been transformed Allied occupation in West Berlin, was admitted as a special public education, but certainly closely associated with Germany. Movement between sectors of Berlin for a long time remained free and in order to prevent leakage of the population in the western sector of the GDR government decided on the construction of the Berlin Wall, is surrounded on August 13, 1961 West Berlin. The Berlin Wall, which has become one of the main symbols of the Cold War, lasted until 1989. After the unification of Germany in 1990, it became the capital of a reunited Berlin. In 1994 he moved there from