During his general audience on Nov. 18, Pope Benedict XVI explained how Christian faith in the Middle Ages inspired some of the greatest works of art of all time: the cathedrals of Europe. Dear ...

Why did Christians start building cathedrals reaching to the sky 1000 years ago? Was it to demonstrate earthly power, or an attempt to be close to God? The resulting architecture still fascinates us ...

The time machine drops you onto the dusty streets of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. The year is 1211. A few hundred yards ahead is a Romanesque cathedral, nearly complete after 100 ...

Speyer Cathedral, a basilica with four towers and two domes, was founded by Conrad II in 1030 and remodelled at the end of the 11th century. It is one of the most important Romanesque monuments from ...

Travel in an electric wheelchair on a medieval path through northern France, with its bumpy cobblestones, tall cathedrals, narrow streets and ancient churches, is surprisingly possible. All that is ...

Wondering where to stream '65 Churches and Cathedrals Early Romanesque to Late Gothic France 10501500 CE' tonight? Finding where to stream, rent, buy, or watch where to stream or rent the David Lebrun ...

A historic Portuguese cathedral is being 'eaten' by fungi, researchers have discovered. Researchers say the 8-century-old cathedral Sé Velha de Coimbra (Old Cathedral of Coimbra), which is the only ...