A team of history buffs has spent the last 25 years building a massive 13th-century castle in the forest outside of Paris using only techniques and materials that would have been available to workers ...

Researchers have excavated the ruins of a medieval castle buried beneath a French hotel. Alongside the structure’s foundations, they found jewelry, staircases and even a moat, all offering new ...

Since 1997, using only Middle Ages tools & technology, a group has been building a medieval castle in a French forest. In the hea ...

Europe has over 50,000 magnificent castles with imposing architecture and breathtaking settings that offer a glimpse into a world of kings, queens and legends.

Pages from Les Tres Riches Heures (The Very Rich Hours)—an elaborately decorated prayer book from the 15th century—will be ...

Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners, researchers identified subterranean structures just a few feet below the ...

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Tom Pinfold and Peter Ginn explore medieval castle building on site at the modern-day reconstruction project of Guédelon Castle in France. The film ...

Guédelon Castle and Château de Saint-Fargeau have become sanctuaries for 30 refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. Tucked away in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France sits a Medieval ...

HIMEJI CASTLE - JAPAN Located in the coastal city of Himeji, this castle is one of the best examples of traditional Japanese castle architecture. It is also ...

Views of the mountains, river, and medieval town can be seen ... His name in French is "de la Roche," hence the name of the castle. After many ownership changes through the years, the castle ...

The Fête Médiévale de Dourdan, a not-to-be-missed event in southern Essonne, returns on May 31 and 1ᵉʳ June 2025 for two days ...

They were known as garderobe, the French word for wardrobe.Clothes ... castle's interior was floor tiles, and the medieval manufacture of tiles for a castle's roofs and floors was an industry ...