A medieval French castle dripping with history — and possibly Napoleon’s hidden gold — is for sale, asking $3.8 million. The Chateau de Saint-Chartier, a 1,500-year-old fortress in Saint ...
Additionally, because it was near the desert, providing infrastructure and services was a significant challenge, as was the need to import all the building materials—except for the distinctive red ...
When we think about the Medieval period, we often imagine people ... about health and cleanliness and people did their best to keep themselves and their clothes dirt free. Ontario's Ford suspends ...
The most famous and longstanding of these was the “Old” Medieval bridge, finished in 1209 during the reign of King John. For over 600 years this bridge was the key crossing point of the Thames in ...
The abatises were found in front of the medieval gatehouse of Sheffield Castle, a strategic point. The stakes were crudely made, meaning they may have been made in haste as an attack approached ...
A new flag designed by Newcastle-based artist Mani Kambo is flying above the city’s iconic Castle Keep. The flag, which connects the artist’s exhibition at Gateshead’s Baltic Centre for Contemporary ...
A GROUNDBREAKING discovery has unearthed mysterious tunnels which may have been sketched by Leonardo da Vinci over 500 years ago. The Italian genius, who was a revolutionary mathematician but also ...
A County Durham castle is set to welcome visitors for the first full season of its remodelled walled garden and 200-seater restaurant. Raby Castle, a 14th century castle in Staindrop, has gone ...
The film tells the true story of Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell, a young couple who inherit a failing four-hundred-year-old estate in Sussex complete with a crumbling medieval Castle Keep and a ...