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1. This city was the capital of Denmark from the 10th century to 1443.
2. This city is the capital of Iceland.
3. This city is the capital of Finnish Lappland (Lappi province).
4. This city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany was a major shipbuilding center before the German reunification. It is the birthplace of Prussian Field Marshal Blücher (1742).
5. This city (called Rotomagus by the Romans) is the capital of the Seine-Maritime dept., France. It was the medieval capital of Normandie. It was held by the English 1066-1203 and 1414-49.
6. This city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy flourished as the capital of the Byzantine Empire in Italy under Emperor Justinian and his successors from the 6th to the 8th centuries.
7. This city in Greece is the capital of an island with the same name. It is also the capital of the Dodecanese Islands. The so called Colossus of _______ was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. (English spelling).
8. This Polish city was the former capital of an independent principality which came under Bohemia in 1327.
9. This Russian city has over a million inhabitants. It is situated on the mouth of the Gulf of Taganrog (Sea of Azov).
10. This city in Croatia was called Fiume in Italian and Sankt Veit am Flaum in German.
11. This city is the capital of Latvia.
12. This Dutch city is site of the Europoort, a complex of industrial sites and harbor basins. It is one of the world´s busiest cargo-handling ports.
13. This city in Bulgaria was founded as a Roman fortress. It was destroyed in the 7th century. It was ceded by the Ottomans to Bulgaria in 1877.
14. This English city (now called New ______) was one of the original Cinque Ports in medieval times. Since then the sea has receded.
15. This Welsh coal mining town was formerly called Ystradyfodwg.
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