Ciekawostka: There is a city called Rome on every continent

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The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by National Olympic Committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC). The EOC represents European nations and several transcontinental countries. An EOC Refugee team is also included. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the EOC which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012. The European Games are the 5th continental Games in the Olympic tradition to be initiated, after the Asian Games, Pan American Games, Pacific Games and African Games. Therefore, as of 2015, every sporting continent has continental games in the…

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The title City of Seven Hills usually refers to Rome, which was founded on seven hills. However, there are many other cities that make the same claim, generally in imitation of Rome. When a city claims to be a city built on hills, the number seven is used far more than any other number, regardless of how many hills the city may actually have. For example, travel writer William Henry Koebel wrote in 1909: "Oporto constitutes yet another of those many cities that profess to be built upon seven hills. The reason why such a number of cities lay claim to this mystic number is as cryptic as the fashion in which the particular elevations are singled out for fame. As a matter of fact, were one to m…

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