Luxembourg
is the only country in the world which is "Grand Duchy"
A grand duchy is a country whose official ruler is a monarch.
One of the top Gross Domestic Product countries in the world.
In 1443, Elisabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg, sold the country to Philip
the Good of Burgundy.
Philip may not have been as Good as his name suggests: he had at least
24 known mistresses and 18 illegitimate children.
Luxembourg
has three official languages: French, German and Luxemburgish (or
Luxembourgeois). Around 346,000 people around the world speak Luxembourgish.
Nearly 40
per cent of the population of Luxembourg are immigrants; 15 per cent
of them are of Portuguese origin.
When giving
someone flowers in Luxembourg it is customary to give an odd number,
but not 13.
Luxembourg
has won two medals at the Summer Olympics and two at the Winter Olympics.
Their only
gold medal was for the 1,500 metres at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki,
won by Josy Barthel, who later became a government minister.
World
Heritage Sites
City
of Luxembourg : its Old Quarters and Fortifications
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