Explore the legacy of the Medici family through its most influential figures, from Cosimo the Elder to Catherine de' Medici.

Historians, architects, engineers and artisans spent six years restoring a 14th-century royal palace and turning it into the ...

The world's oldest Valentine is on display in the "Medieval Women: In Their Own Words" exhibition at the British Library in ...

The origins of the cards - explored in new exhibition - might surprise many of those who use them for spiritual guidance ...

For the French of the mid-15th-century, beauty was briefly embodied by a single woman: Agnès Sorel—and there’s a Virgin and Child painting to prove it. As the title promises, Jean Fouquet’s ...

A 15th-century Edinburgh estate is on public sale for the first ... It is said that he took inspiration from his time as the French Ambassador, modelling the grounds after Versailles.

and the French Open, which was the first tennis major to make the move when it added a 15th day in 2006. The first round at Flushing Meadows will once again be spread over three days — Sunday ...

Four master thatchers and two apprentices re-thatching the barn Work has begun to rescue a 15th Century barn in east London from Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register. Tithe Barn in ...

Work has begun to rescue a 15th Century barn in east London from Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register. Tithe Barn in Upminster, which is one of the largest thatched barns in Britain at 44m ...

some 60,000 stolen works of art were repatriated to France, and 45,000 were handed back to their owners, or to family members who had survived the Holocaust. But 2,200 are still in French ...

semi-precious gems and antiquities dating to the 15th century B.C. were being stolen from its collection and sold on eBay. The museum, filled with treasures from around the world, is also facing ...