Flint and stone tools, thought to date back to 11,000 BC, were found in a cave in Trabzon. In the analysis, it was evaluated that the stone tools were the

At the very point where the River Sava flows into the mighty Danube, on a great ridge above the meeting of the waters, stands one of the most fought-over fortresses

Most castles are built with corners: square towers, straight walls, rectangular courtyards. The Castell de Bellver, standing on a wooded hill above the city of Palma on the Spanish island

In the heart of Bergen, at the edge of a harbour that has bustled with ships for a thousand years, stands one of the oldest and best-preserved fortresses in all

Beyt’ül Hikmet (House of Wisdom) sounds like a dream. No trace is left of this ancient library, which was destroyed in the 13th century. So we are not entirely sure

If you asked Slovaks to name their most beautiful castle, a great many would answer without hesitation: Bojnice. Rising above a leafy park in the country’s west, all pale walls,

Most people, asked to name a battle that created a nation, would reach for something dramatic and well known. Almost nobody would say Bouvines. And yet on a hot Sunday

No castle on earth carries a heavier freight of legend than this one. Perched on a rocky bluff above a mountain pass in Transylvania, its pale walls and red roofs

We come at last to the Danube, and to one of the most magnificent castle-scapes in all of Europe. High on Castle Hill, above the great river that divides Budapest

A short distance along the coast from Elmina stands another great white fortress, larger and in some ways even more terrible in its history: Cape Coast Castle, the headquarters of