In Nagano province, the black silhouette of Matsumoto Castle stands out against the snowy horizon of the Japanese Alps. This ...

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Archaeologists can finally publicly discuss the Melsonby Hoard, a collection of Iron Age artifacts that they have been ...

In their pursuit of knowledge about the natural world, 16th-century scientists saw few boundaries between experiment and ...

A knee-high ornate crumbling white stone wall was our only barrier between the windswept tree-encircled ancient square and ...

The gardens surrounding Virginia House deserve their own standing ovation and possibly a dedicated sonnet or two. Designed by ...

The gardens surrounding Virginia House deserve their own standing ovation. Designed by renowned landscape architect Charles ...

Monemvasia Castle has been included in the list of the seven most endangered cultural heritage sites in Europe for 2025. The endangered sites include three cultural and natural heritage locations ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

‘I didn’t know you could actually buy a castle,’ says Simon Hunt, sitting in the stone-walled kitchen nook of his 16th-century Scottish pile with wife Stef Burgon. ‘I thought they were ...