Brussel is the largest municipality and the capital of Belgium. It is the administrative centre of the European Union, thus often dubbed, along with the region, the EU’s capital city.
Puerto Plata is officially known as San Felipe de Puerto Plata. The city’s old colonial-era center is dominated by the 16th-century Fortaleza San Felipe, a Spanish fortress that now houses historical and military artifacts.
Charlotte Amalie is located on the island of St. Thomas,. It was founded in 1666 as Taphus (meaning “beer house” or “beer hall”). In 1691, the town was renamed to Charlotte Amalie after Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (1650–1714), queen consort to King Christian V of Denmark-Norway.
Originally populated by the indigenous Taíno people, Puerto Rico was colonized by Spain following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1493. It was contested by the French, Dutch, and British, but remained a Spanish possession for the next four centuries. San Juan, as a settlement of the Spanish Empire, was used by merchant and military ships traveling from Spain as the first stopover in the Americas. Because of its prominence in the Caribbean, a network of fortifications was built to protect the transports of gold and silver…
The word Kolkata derives from the Bengali term Kôlikata, the name of one of three villages in the area where the city eventually was to be established.