#townsandcities — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #townsandcities, aggregated by home.social.
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Strasbourg has more Bridges than any other city in France (more than 230).
Today is the feast day of St Arbogast of Strasbourg, patron saint of the city. Ten things you might not know about it.https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/07/21-july-strasbourg.html
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Columba is the patron saint of Derry because he founded a monastery there in the 6th century, on a hill on the west bank of the River Foyle, on land granted him by one of the local kings. 10 fascinating facts about Derry.
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A big attraction in Avignon is the Bridge, made famous by the song, Sur le Pont d'Avignon. The official name of the bridge is Pont Saint-Bénézet.
10 facts about Avignon:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/09/2-september-avignon.html
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Vilakazi Street in Soweto (an acronym for South Western Townships) has the distinction of being the only street in the world to have been home to two Nobel Prize winners, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
10 things you might not know about Johannesburg.
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/09/8-september-johannesburg.html
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On this date in 1652 Dutchman Jan Van Riebeeck established a settlement in Cape Town, South Africa.
10 things you might not know about Cape Town:
https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/04/7-april-cape-town.html
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Oban
Oban is a lovely town and port which is the gateway to the Outer and inner Hebrides.
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