IrishCentral11d
Did a secret map take down 17th century pirates of Ireland’s coast?
A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.
UNESCO18d
Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe is located in the province of Cáceres (Autonomous Community ... contains some outstanding 17th-century tombs, and houses many elaborate reliquaries and ...
UNESCO15d
Wachau Cultural Landscape
In the centuries that followed, the acreage under cultivation fluctuated, under the influence of changes in climate and the wine market, acute labour shortages followed by wage increases in the 17th ...
WebMD21d
What to Know About the Holsteiner Horse
The Holsteiner horse breed was developed in the northern German province of Schleswig-Holstein in the 13th century ... continued to grow throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.
The New York Times13d
He Fell in Love With a Venetian Palazzo. But Why Did It Seem So Familiar?
On the eve of leaving the city for good, an English art dealer found himself captivated by a 17th-century apartment. By Nick Haramis A DECADE OR so ago, Nicholas Ward-Jackson woke up one morning ...
The New York Times26d
A Peeling 17th-Century Palazzo and the Man Who Was ‘Crazy Enough’ to Buy It
The central hall of Raffaele Fabrizio’s 17th-century palazzo in Valmorea, Italy, a village near Lake Como, features trompe l’oeil windows and a vaulted ceiling with faux coffered panels.
The Scotsman25d
17th Century Edinburgh tavern revives with the help of classic stiff drink, the Cauld Cock and Feather
A 17th Century Edinburgh tavern is being revived - with a little help of its signature drink of old, the Cauld Cock and Feather. John’s Coffee Shop and Tavern, founded in Parliament Close in ...
BBC5d
Restoration of 17th Century building complete
A four-year project to restore a 17th Century building in Guildford is now complete. The Grade I-listed Guildford House, on the High Street, was built in 1660 for John Childe, a lawyer who went on ...
Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. This AP map shows it
Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since ...
The Independent4d
17th century painting looted by Nazis to be returned by Tate Britain
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
BBC29d
Rare copy of famous Shakespeare love poem found
Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th Century poetry collection at the University of Oxford. The manuscript was found among the papers of ...