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North-bound cliffs of Södermalm. Stockholm stands on a bedrock of gneiss and granite approximately 2 billion years old. Over millions of years, north-west to south-east oriented cracks appeared in the rock, which rivers transformed into the valleys still present in the landscape, for example the lakes Långsjön, Magelungen, and Drevviken.
The process of reshaping Stockholm was initiated by a major fire in 1625 which destroyed the south-western part of today's old town. As a result, two new boulevard -like streets were created — Stora Nygatan and Lilla Nygatan — and along the eastern waterfront the medieval wall was replaced by a row of prestigious palaces — Skeppsbron .
1912: Stockholm hosts the 1912 Summer Olympics. 1917: Anti-war socialist Zimmerwald Conference held. 1926: Stockholm co-hosts the 1926 World Figure Skating Championships. 1927: Albert Lilienberg is appointed "city-planning superintendent" (stadsplanedirektör). He presents a plan for the regulation of "densely populated districts" the following ...
Stockholm (Swedish: [ˈstɔ̂kː(h)ɔlm] ⓘ) [10] is the capital and most populous city of Sweden, as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, [11] with 1.6 million in the urban area, [12] and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. [11]
It was created by Liss Eriksson in 1967. From the mid-19th century to the early-mid 20th century Gamla stan was considered a slum , many of its historical buildings left in disrepair, and just after World War II , several blocks together five alleys were demolished for the enlargement of the Riksdag (see Brantingtorget ).
News Tamil 24x7 is a Tamil-language news channel based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Launched on 23 January 2022, by SPLUS Media Private Limited, the channel focuses on providing news, discussions, and reports in the Tamil language. The channel uses the tagline "Meiporul Kanbathu Arivu" (Knowledge is seeing reality).
The Tamil language is native to Tamil Nadu , Puducherry (India) and Sri Lanka, where most of the native Tamil speaking population is highly concentrated. Tamil is also recognized as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004 and was the first language to achieve such status. [1] Tamil is one of the 22 official languages of India. [2]
Today's featured picture Rhinanthus angustifolius , the narrow-leaved rattle or greater yellow-rattle, is a species of plant of the genus Rhinanthus , in the broomrape family, Orobanchaceae . It is an annual wildflower, native to temperate grasslands in much of Europe, and north and central Western Asia.