Situated in the Rhone valley, the ancient theatre of Orange, with its 103-m-long facade, is one of the best preserved of ...
Westminster Palace, rebuilt from the year 1840 on the site of important medieval remains, is a fine example of neo-Gothic architecture. ...
Edinburgh has been the Scottish capital since the 15th century. It has two distinct areas: the Old Town, dominated by a ...
The ‘Roman Limes’ represents the border line of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent in the 2nd century AD. It ...
Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries to house the relics of St Cuthbert (evangelizer of ...
A striking landscape was created around the ruins of the Cistercian Fountains Abbey and Fountains Hall Castle, in Yorkshire. The 18th-century ...
The castles of Beaumaris and Harlech (largely the work of the greatest military engineer of the time, James of St George) ...
Stonehenge and Avebury, in Wiltshire, are among the most famous groups of megaliths in the world. The two sanctuaries consist of ...
The Vatican City, one of the most sacred places in Christendom, attests to a great history and a formidable spiritual venture. ...
Founded, according to legend, by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC, Rome was first the centre of the Roman Republic, then ...
The massive White Tower is a typical example of Norman military architecture, whose influence was felt throughout the kingdom. It was ...
Canterbury, in Kent, has been the seat of the spiritual head of the Church of England for nearly five centuries. Canterbury's ...