Visiting Villa d’Este in Tivoli
Built more than 400 years ago, this villa in the Italian town of Tivoli is one of the finest examples of renaissance architecture and gardens in the world.
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Defending Amsterdam with water
To protect ourselves from attack, humans have shown an impressive level of inventiveness. But only the Dutch harnessed the movement of water.
The hall of bloody mirrors
The Palace of Versailles is one of the most magnificent buildings in the world… but its most famous room has a bloody secret…
Embracing the Hungarian capital
A photo gallery from the Hungarian capital, Budapest. A city where old meets new and the line is too blurred to notice.
World Heritage Sites of Nara
The old capital of Japan, Nara, has some of the most beautiful temples and shrines in the country. A collection of them is now on the World Heritage List.
Visit the Ggantija Temples
Many years before man built Stonehenge or the Pyramids, he created these temples on a small island in the Mediterranean.