Some places hold both the glory and the tragedy of a nation within their walls, and the Imperial City of Hue is one of them. Spread along the banks of

Rising above the Moskva River in the very centre of Moscow, its mighty red walls and towers enclosing a glittering treasure house of golden-domed cathedrals and grand palaces, stands the

High on a hill above the meeting of two of Russia’s greatest rivers, the mighty Volga and the Oka, stands one of the most impressive fortresses in all of the

At the foot of Edinburgh’s ancient Royal Mile, where the medieval streets of the old town give way to open parkland beneath a dramatic volcanic hill, stands the official residence

High on a wooded peak above the town of Sintra, near Lisbon, stands one of the most extraordinary buildings in Europe: the Pena Palace. Painted in vivid reds and yellows,

On a small island in the Neva River, at the very heart of one of the most beautiful cities in the world, stands the fortress from which the whole of

Rising in great walls of red sandstone along the banks of the Yamuna river in the heart of Old Delhi, the Red Fort is the supreme monument of the Mughal

Some places feel almost too dramatic to be real, and the Rock of Cashel is one of them. Rising straight out of the flat green farmland of County Tipperary, this

Strung out along a high limestone ridge above the River Vienne, the Royal Fortress of Chinon is one of the most storied castles in all of France. It is not

Of all the orders of warrior-monks that arose in the Middle Ages, none has captured the imagination like the Knights Templar, the mysterious and powerful brotherhood of fighting monks whose