For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these ...

Luxury tour operator SwisSkiSafari tracks powder at a micro level to whisk clients to Europe's prime slopes. We pursued the ...

An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long forgotten—but still viable to grow and consume ...

She served as a substitute mother in monasteries and convents ... Alphonsine became a monastic sister in Italy. Marie Claire was killed in the genocide. On June 29, 2001, nearly 20 years after ...

Image: Rudolphous/Wikimedia Commons/GFDL For authentic Italian pizza, head to Bakplaats (part of De ... The museum covers everything about the history of crime and justice in the Middle Ages, and the ...

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Father Jihad Youssef, carrying a picture of Italian Jesuit priest Paolo Dall'Ogli — LOUAI BESHARA In a centuries-old monastery on a rocky hill north of Damascus, friends of missing Italian priest ...

Bhutan's enchanting monasteries, including Taktshang Monastery on a cliff in Paro Valley and Punakha Dzong at the confluence of rivers, offer serene escapes into Buddhist traditions and spiritual ...

(KGUN) — A historic Midtown building has a new future on its horizon. The pink Benedictine Monastery at 800 N. Country Club Road was once home to a covenant of nuns before transforming into a ...

Nabek (Syria) (AFP) – In a centuries-old monastery on a rocky hill north of Damascus, friends of missing Italian priest Paolo Dall'Oglio carry on his legacy, hopeful Bashar al-Assad's ouster ...