Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

The Chronicle of the Morea is the history of 14th-century Greece, specifically the Peloponnese -- once called the Morea.

Our journey through Iowa’s 99 counties began in January with a visit to Kossuth County in the north, which is not the only location named after Lajos Kossuth, Hungary’s freedom fighter during the ...

Beneath this 16th-century painting by Renaissance master ... a University of Cambridge emeritus professor of art history, an upside-down image beneath Titian’s dramatic Christ scene began ...

Mooch around independent shops, visit a chocolate tea room, wander a regency street that feels like France and relax in a ...

Pair uncrowded slopes and mountain air with history, art, great food and royal scandal, and you’ve a recipe for the ideal Austrian break ...

The famed 16th ... century Protestant Reformer, John Calvin, used to offer fiery sermons from the pulpit of the St-Pierre Cathedral Geneva, which finds its home in Old Town. Find out about the ...

Today, Les Grands Boulevards house two of France's favorite department stores ... Today, the Opéra Bastille, rises from the ashes of this historic locale and has helped rejuvenate the area.

One of the joys of COAS Books is its ever-changing inventory. Every visit brings new discoveries as people trade in their old ...

Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 4th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...

Winter is a scenic time to visit Germany. it’s a fact German winters can be cold (below zero) but it’s a great time to rug up ...

Swiss watches, cheese, chocolate and some of the highest mountains in the world are some of what Switzerland is known for.