In their pursuit of knowledge about the natural world, 16th-century scientists saw few boundaries between experiment and ...

Babelsberg Palace in Potsdam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Once the summer residence of Emperor William I, it is now a ...

The eventful Avignon Papacy included three different popes ruling at the same time and an Irish king complaining about the ...

Palazzo Fortuny, the largest private gothic palace in Venice, was the home of Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo and Henriette Negrin, two artists, fashion designers and inventors with a style worthy of ...

Today, the palace has handsome Gothic-inspired architecture — including crenelated towers — as a result of a massive rebuilding project that began in 1803 and transformed a structure dating to ...

Westminster Palace, rebuilt from the year 1840 on the site of important medieval remains, is a fine example of neo-Gothic architecture. The site - which also comprises the small medieval Church of ...

the Palace of Tau and the Abbey of Saint-Rémi of Reims are closely linked to the history of the French monarchy, and hence, more generally, to the history of France. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame is a ...