Vienna developed from early Celtic and Roman settlements into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It ...
This memorial column, erected in the early years of the 18th century, is the most outstanding example of a type of ...
The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century to its secularization ...
The Order of St John of Jerusalem occupied Rhodes from 1309 to 1523 and set about transforming the city into a ...
Standing at the entrance to Lisbon harbour, the Monastery of the Hieronymites – construction of which began in 1502 – exemplifies ...
This museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the ...
The long history of Lyons, which was founded by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. as the capital of the ...
This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage ...
Begun in 1248, the construction of this Gothic masterpiece took place in several stages and was not completed until 1880. Over ...
Torun owes its origins to the Teutonic Order, which built a castle there in the mid-13th century as a base for ...
During the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944, more than 85% of Warsaw's historic centre was destroyed by Nazi troops. After the ...
The capital of Malta is inextricably linked to the history of the military and charitable Order of St John of Jerusalem. ...