RE-CHRISTENING A CITY.
The Norwegian Storthing has decided to change the name of the capital from Christiania to Oslo from January 1, 1925. Oslo was the original name of the Norwegian capital, and the name persists in the Oslo Court of Assizes, and the Bishopric of Oslo, The most famous example of a city changing its name is, of course, that of St. Petersburg, which became Petrograd during the war, and afterwards, under the Soviet rule, Leningrad.. Constantinople, or Stamboul, as the Turks call it, is another city which has changed it s name. It was originally known as Byzantium.
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Shannon News, 26 September 1924, Page 4
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100RE-CHRISTENING A CITY. Shannon News, 26 September 1924, Page 4
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