Bordeaux has 57 subregions that produce high quality wines and are allowed to use the AOC designation on their labels. On the ...

Queen of Naples, Spain and the West Indies, and sister-in-law to Napoleon Bonaparte, she perished in Florence in 1845.

Eric and Wendy Schmidt and the Sorbonne will fund a new program to digitize Delacroix’s papers and identify other artists who ...

The Louvre in Paris is the most visited museum in the world, attracting around nine million visitors every year. Its current ...

Thus goes the song, popularized by Bing Crosby, about what is universally known as “The City of Lights” and “The City of Love ...

The tunnels are lined with carefully arranged skulls and bones, with plaques bearing inscriptions about life and death.

Victor Hugo dismissed his drawings as mere things made in the margins of his manuscripts Now, a Royal Academy exhibition ...

The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor shares something in common with other marvels of the world that are, were and never ...

These final resting places are noteworthy for their displays of devotion, over-the-top imagery, and/or their famous residents.

Musicians have been making music about global events and complex societal issues for centuries. What do they bring to the ...

The French leader is mulling sending troops to the Ukraine conflict, but his “little emperor” moment could turn into a ...