The town of Mdina played a huge role in Maltese history. Today, it's hugely popular for its walled Baroque splendor.

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

On a recent morning, as jacarandas blossomed all around, a closed-for-installation notice hung on virtually every gallery ...

The fairytale city of Riga was ranked as one of Europe’s best value city breaks in 2024 by the Post Office’s City Costs Barometer, with a weekend trip (including an evening meal for two and two nights ...

In Augustus the Strong: A Study in Artistic Greatness and Political Fiasco, Tim Blanning restores the ‘incorrigible Saxon’ to ...

In our modern world, moving at such an ultra-fast pace, it can feel like our cities are getting stripped of their history and ...

As the site of the original New Orleans colony (established by the French in 1718 ... to the neighborhood's architecture: balconies are designed with baroque ironwork and hanging plants, while ...

Rome's famed 'cradle of Caravaggio, San Luigi de' Francesi, has got a new lighting system for the iconic Cycle of St Matthew painted by the Italian pre-Baroque master in the French church in the late ...

There are actually two palaces here – separated by an ornate 17th-century French-style garden – which some say are among the best examples of Baroque architecture in the world. Formerly home ...

The 17th-century Sainte-Ursule Chapel at the famous Sorbonne University is a silent, timeless witness to Paris’ Christian ...