France invaded Mexico under Emperor Napoleon III, citing unpaid debts as a pretext to expand French influence and establish a ...

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One of the many things mentioned after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was that Al Qaeda had chosen that date as a ...

What do castles mean to us today? Once built to protect and project power, these historic fortresses are now windows into the ...

Trentino is a province of collisions. Stitched to the forested underbelly of South Tyrol, just south of the Swiss and ...

Trentino is a province of collisions. Stitched to the forested underbelly of South Tyrol, just south of the Swiss and ...

A cherry tree at a convent in Poland had bloomed pale pink flowers every April for nearly three decades before Masatoshi Asari, a Hokkaido-based researcher, learned about the blossoms.

She knew every nook and cranny and its historical context. The walk took in the Golden Roof, built by the Roman Emperor Maximilian I, whose extravagant fingerprints are all over the city.