Since May this year, the aurora borealis (northern lights), has at times been visible further south than usual over Britain, ...

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Maria Amalia of Saxony, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples is pleased to ...

Thankfully, Saxony’s landscapes are untainted by geopolitics ... artist Canaletto for the paintings that put this city on the traveller’s map in the 18th century. This was once the largest cotton mill ...

After a vehicle crashed into the 18th-century graveyard on Columnist Sue Bowman's family farm, she and her husband Dennis got ...

This German castle that was once a 16th-century hunting lodge is surrounded by an artificial lake that reflects its dreamy, ...

By the turn of the 18th century, royalty had become more mobile. The first proper state visits to England were those of the Emperor of Russia and the King of Saxony to London in 1814. But Windsor ...

The Ministry of Culture and the Art Foundation of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt State have introduced an upcoming exhibition featuring the main female character in the Tale of Kieu by the Vietnamese ...

For example, the import duty on tea raised its price by around 70 per cent by the middle of the 18th century. Smuggling was usually organised by gangs, who were funded by investors or venturers.

"The beard has made a comeback and nowhere is it more striking than in Lucas Cranach the Elder’s detailed portrait of Lukas Spielhausen, a high­-ranking lawyer in 16th-century Saxony." ...

By Milena Lazazzera More than 100 porcelain perfume bottles from the 18th century are being offered for private sale in connection with the auctions of “The Giordano Collection” of Italian ...

Find out what $1 million (£770k) buys you in different property markets around the world, from the USA and Canada to South ...