This week, we uncover the secrets of a 400-year-old Portuguese palace that has been abandoned for over four decades, frozen in time. From the outside, it appeared stunning, reminiscent of other grand ...

Arakelots Monastery and Settlement in Armenia has been named among the 14 most endangered sites in Europa. The 14 monuments ...

The medieval settlement included an inner city-citadel on a high rocky plateau, an outer city and unfortified suburbs.

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

One of the best preserved examples of ancient urban planning and a UNESCO World Heritage site, this ancient fortress is a ...

Murals from the 12th and 16th centuries are visible in Paphos’ oldest monastery, Panayia Chrysolakournas, Steni community ...

The monastery, dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin, was founded in the 6th century A.D. and in spite of its great wealth and fame, it was abandoned. It was reconstructed at the end of the 11th ...

Athos, where he was given the name Sava. He traveled to a Russian monastery, and then to the Greek monastery Vatoped. In 1197, his father, King Stefan Nemanja, joined him. The next year, Sava and his ...

A big gothic room where the monks cooked together, inside Monastery. Exterior of the abbey of San Galgano in 4k December 2018. View of the external part of the ruins of the Abbey of San Galgano.

The globe must summon the moral courage to stand with Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar’s people in their struggle against a brutal dictatorship.

The earliest parts are of black and white stone, hence its Turkish name Kara Kilise, the Black Church. A fortified wall surrounds the church and its now-abandoned monastery buildings. According to ...