This tiny market town typically flies under the radar of most travellers but is a worthy stop for historic architecture, ...

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The same person designed Snow White’s awful dress and Cinderella’s spectacular one, and I just need y’all to think about that ...

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As a result, animals turned up "in any possible context where art would be made", from wall paintings and carved doorways to clothing and coats of arms. It's no secret that medieval animal paintings ...

An illustration, based on a 15th century author’s imagining, of the court of the Great Khan in the 1200s. Credit: National Library of France On January 4, 1254, a French monk named William of ...

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Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of secrets, from the Vatican Museums to Ostia Antica.

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