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The Winter Palace

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and named after the apostle Saint Peter, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with the birth of the Russian Empire and Russia's entry into modern history as a European great power.

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Venus de Milo on display at the Louvre

The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain, but the modern consensus places it in the second century B.C.E., perhaps between 160 and 110 B.C.E. It was rediscovered in 1820 on the island of Milos, Greece, and has been displayed at the Louvre Museum since 1821. Since the statue's discovery, it has become one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture in the world.

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Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of Thailand (source: Thailand)

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