For centuries, medieval castles – hulking, isolated triumphs of masonry – have held a special place in the Western imagination, evoking at once a sense of history, fantasy, war and romance. They are ...

This Loire Valley château, dating from the 15th century, is a listed historical monument with a rich history. According to listing agent David Mercier of Belles Demeures de France, the castle was ...

This restored 30-room castle that dates to the mid-15th century is right in the heart of the village of Lauzun in southwestern France. “It’s a very pivotal building in and around the village,” listing ...

Castles aren’t just relics of medieval warfare or backdrops for fantasy novels. They’re living monuments to ambition, power, and survival — structures that have outlasted empires, weathered sieges, ...

Intriguing signs of the past fill throwback towns in Spain, Hungary, and beyond. People relax around a well in the Piazza della Cisterna in medieval San Gimignano. Its soaring brick towers were built ...

GALWAY, Ireland, April 20 (Reuters) - When Irishman Barry Haughian and his Spanish wife Lola watched Ukrainians flee their homes but had no space to help in their house in Madrid, they decided to ...

Visit one of England's most picturesque castles, beloved by Rick Steves, where medieval history, dramatic views, and a ...

(CNN) — In our travel roundup this week: the Japanese city firebombed by the US just hours before the end of World War II, the mysterious origins of the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, ...

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...