This is the fifth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time ...

and the Place Vendôme Column (1806-1810), constructed to commemorate Napoleon’s victories in the Wars of the Third and Fourth coalitions and at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805). The column ...

It first opened in 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, and today ... However, it was replaced in 1818. The Vendome or ...

Painting by Antoine-Jean Gros From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...

It only lasted a few hours. It was really a rout. But the Battle of Pavia, which changed the balance of power in Europe, was ...

Art Evans, famed for his role in Die Hard 2, has passed away at the age of 82 following a long battle with diabetes, his agent has announced. The actor's representatives confirmed he died on ...

In the seemingly never-ending psychodrama surrounding Rupert Murdoch and his family, life has imitated art. Again ... most of whom are culture warriors and battle-hardened loyalists.

Firefighters from several towns responded to a fire Tuesday afternoon at the YV Art Museum, a modern art museum in Acton. The call came just before 5 p.m. from 68 Quarry Road, the location of the ...

Martin Divisek/EPA-EFE About 1,000 people took part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Austerlitz to mark its 219th anniversary. In six hours on 2 December 1805, 75,000 soldiers of Napoleon's ...

Constantine XI Palaiologos's rule as Byzantine Emperor was brief, and his death coincided with the fall of Constantinople.