Architecture

Henry II, who came to the throne in 1154, replaced the wooden palisade surrounding the upper castle with a stone wall interspersed with square towers and built the first Royal Gate.

Just as the muezzins from the tops of minarets call the faithful to prayer, the sound of bells from ...

For 41 years no taller structure has been built. The tower was dethroned by the Chrysler Building in 1930.

The Queen did not like gas lighting, she preferred candles. At the end of her reign, electric lighti ...

Despite legal protection by the state, in some sections, the wall was dismantled by local residents, who built houses and outbuildings out of the material they obtained.

He stayed in Fontainebleau, Paris, and Saint-Germain, but already in 1677 he was considering making ...

It was captured again in 1110 by Tancred, the nephew of one of the leaders of the First Crusade, the ...

A powerful earthquake in 1303 loosened and knocked down many of the cladding stones, which were then ...

These are small, shaded rooms from which artists can watch performances or rehearsals by other artists.