When the Emperor Frederick II built this castle near Bari in the 13th century, he imbued it with symbolic significance, as reflected in the location, the mathematical and astronomical precision of the ...

Whether rising to the highest room of the tallest tower in a Disney-esque castle, giving an admirer the chance to confess their love on an apartment building fire escape, or connecting a basement ...

Since 2019, Shirobito, a Japanese online media platform specialising in castles, compiles an annual list of Japan’s top 20 ...

The innovative audacity of its vaulting foreshadowed Gothic architecture. Behind the cathedral stands the castle, an ancient Norman fortress which was the residence of the prince-bishops of Durham.

It’s a scene as spine-tinglingly Gothic as anything in The Mysteries of Udolpho: a darkened Castle Howard in all its high ...

As early as 1964, the British architectural historian Ian Nairn identified the fatal flaws in modern architecture, saying that it “is hamstrung by self-consciousness and strangled by ...

Join me while I take a tour of the historic Craigdarroch Castle in beautiful Victoria, BC. The Castle, originally owned by the Dunsmuir Family, is one of Canada's most grand. Craigdarroch Castle is a ...

This 16th-century monument, one of the last twelve authentic Japanese medieval castles, features some ingenious military architecture behind its elegant artistry. The 'Raven Black Castle' has ...

Palaces and castles in Belarus testify to the country's rich past and are symbols of history and architecture, straight out ...