‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,’ said Samuel Johnson in 1777.
When Brooklyn was incorporated as a city in 1834, building a new city hall was high on the list of priorities.
Although Whitehall is now known for being the home of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, 10 Downing Street, and countless government buildings, there is a royal execution site hidden in plain sight. King ...
In the second of two articles, William Aslet explains how the opulent interiors of Moor Park, Hertfordshire, were completed ...
Kate, 43, joined her husband Prince William, 42, who himself paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the Holocaust.
The Princess of Wales had an emotional reunion with two Holocaust survivors ahead of a London memorial service marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Princess, who joined her ...
In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...
In 2019 the British Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong re-imagined London Underground's roundel at Westminster Underground ... two permanent hand-painted ceiling murals by Scottish artist Lucy ...
Like the Pantheon Crypt in Paris, where you can see the tombs and memorials of great figures from history, Westminster Abbey ... can set foot inside the Great Hall, Forbidden Forest and Diagon ...
Its hypostyle prayer hall is filled with Moorish two-tiered arches made of brick and stone. A site of royal coronations, weddings, and burials for nearly 1,000 years, Westminster Abbey is an ...
St George's Hall had to be rebuilt after the fire of 1992, and features a ceiling studded with the coats of arms ... The Champion used to ride into the Coronation banquet held in Westminster Hall, ...
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