After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great ...
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...
One discovery was a surviving part of the building’s staircase from the 16th century, which had been concealed by a wall after the palace was partitioned into apartments, eliminating the need ...
A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...
is crowned by romantic 17th-century walls (the longest, complete walkable circuit in Ireland). This sense of ancient history offsets both the modern 2013-constructed curving Peace Bridge and ...
Recent and archival articles, essays, photographs, videos, infographics, writing prompts, lesson plans and more. By The Learning Network We asked students, “What are you thinking and feeling ...
The Fontaleoni story began in 1059 when sharecropper Giovanni Troiani traded Le Marche’s austere countryside for the rolling hills of Toscana and purchased this estate in San Gimignano, the medieval ...