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A 12th-century Irish castle is on sale for about $2.2 million, the same price as some NY apartments. Blackwater Castle has nine bedrooms, a holy well, and access to a private river. It has been ...
A glimpse has been given inside a stunning abandoned 12th century castle with huge pillars and creepy bathtub left behind. The French property was founded in 1137 and has a Romanesque-Byzantine ...
Researchers told CBC News the use of seal skins as a book binder starts around the 12th century with the creation of a French abbey — or monastery — by Bernard of Clairvaux, a monk responsible for the ...
Researchers date the structure to the 12th-century BC, a time described in Book of Judges that was plagued by warfare. The team believes the structure was built by the Canaanites, perhaps with ...
Archaeologists recently unearthed a 12th-Century bathhouse inside a Spanish tapas bar that's helping to paint a better picture of urban Islamic life in 12th-Century Seville. Last summer in Spain ...
At the time of its construction in the mid-12th century, Notre-Dame was the tallest building ever erected, reaching a height of 32 meters. Previous research suggests that this record was made ...
But in the late 12th century, written documents weren't yet widely used. In the early 1800s, the cathedral was crumbling, and architects Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus ...