On the edge of the Sahara, where the great Atlas Mountains give way to the desert, rises one of the most extraordinary and beautiful fortified villages in the world: Aït

On a lofty hill in the green highlands of northern Jordan, commanding a tremendous sweep of the Jordan Valley and the three great wadis that descend toward it, stands one

Born from earthquake and fire, the Ajuda National Palace became the last home of the Portuguese monarchy and one of Lisbon’s richest museums.

High above the harbour of Oslo, on a rocky headland where the city meets the sea, stands a great grey fortress that has guarded the Norwegian capital for more than

High among the crags of the Alborz mountains of northern Iran, upon a narrow spine of rock that rises sheer from the valley floor, there cling the ruins of one

On the western side of the great square of Isfahan, one of the largest and most magnificent public spaces in the world, rises a tall and elegant palace with a

In the heart of Copenhagen, four matching rococo palaces around an octagonal square form Amalienborg, home of one of the world’s oldest monarchies and famous for its daily changing of the guard.

Rising in tiers of honey-colored sandstone and white marble upon a forested hill above the still waters of the Maota Lake, in the desert state of Rajasthan in northern India,

High upon the southern slopes of Mount Aragats, the great extinct volcano that is the highest mountain in Armenia, at an altitude where the clouds themselves come to rest upon

High on a wooded hill above Innsbruck, with the peaks of the Tyrolean Alps rising all around, stands a castle that is unlike any other in Austria. Ambras looks at