The church earned basilica status after a five-year restoration project sharpened its beauty and made it earthquake-safe.

Castello di Amorosa stands proudly on a Calistoga hillside, a 13th-century Tuscan castle that seems to have been plucked from ...

Imagine cruising through Napa Valley’s sun-drenched vineyards when suddenly—like a mirage rising from the California landscape—a massive medieval castle appears on the horizon, complete with towers, ...

Literally just a few kilometers from Germany, and situated in the heart of France’s Alsace region, is the stunningly ...

Spain's Sijena murals, marvels of Hispanic medieval art, are at risk of serious damage after a court rules they must be ...

Fortunately for posterity, the cathedral’s three magnificent medieval rose windows, created in the 13th century, were saved from the inferno. The sanctuary is covered with stained glass, thanks ...

Fortunately for posterity, the cathedral’s three magnificent medieval rose windows, created in the 13th century, were saved from the inferno. The sanctuary is covered with stained glass, thanks ...

Of course, scale is a key consideration in the design of cathedrals. Winchester is a particularly fine example – at 170m, it is the longest medieval cathedral in the world.

For example, one of four surviving medieval painted wood ceilings in Europe is in St Michael’s Church in Hildesheim, northern Germany. Many of the features are evidently Islamic in inspiration.

Carlisle Cathedral is famous for its starry vaulted ceiling. However, the Tudor one on the first floor of Prior's Tower, is not normally open to visitors and offers something particularly rare ...

Notre-Dame Cathedral, situated on an island in the River Seine in Paris, France, is reopening this weekend after more than five years of intense reconstruction work to restore the medieval ...