Three experts weigh in on the architectural style that defined Europe for centuries and continues to inspire buildings today ...

Nearby is Bellapais Abbey, a 12th Century French Gothic Abbey in the Five Finger Mountains, said to have inspired Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle. For a small island, Cyprus packs some mighty history.

Seated under a heraldic canopy on a cushioned Gothic throne, the Virgin is a dreamy ... It’s difficult to believe that this pivotal masterpiece of the 14th century could have succumbed to changing ...

Funnily enough, being gay – or being homosexual – didn’t quite come from the original meaning of “gay”, as in the 12th-century French word for feeling carefree ... sparring over their father Osiris’ ...

The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda, will be returned to its home country after provenance research at the ...

The Art Institute of Chicago announced Monday that it is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal. The museum said it learned that the sculpture, "Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King ...

A 12th century Nepali sculpture that had regularly been on display at the Art Institute of Chicago is being returned to its native country — after new research found that the object had ...

A NORMAN church, which was built in the 12th century, and a part of the English Heritage site is known for its neolithic earthworks. Built in the 12th century, and used up until the 17th ...