She argues in her monumental new book Islamesque (2024) that in early medieval ... Castle Rising (1138) in Norfolk is “modelled on Islamic pleasure palaces-cum-hunting lodges”. The keep ...

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Every year, the county of Surrey attracts many visitors to explore and enjoy the picturesque countryside. For visitors ...

Thornburg Village, also known as the “Normandy Village,” is like finding a unicorn in your backyard – unexpected, magical, ...

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RESIDENTS of a tiny town have invited Elon Musk to buy their medieval castle and use it as his European HQ. The town of Głogówek, south-west Poland, with a population of just 5,600, wants Musk ...

Malbork Castle was built in the 13th century by the Teutonic Knights. A UNESCO World Heritage site, it boasts a vast medieval complex. Perched on a hill in Jodhpur, Mehrangarh Fort is one of India ...

Still standing after nearly 550 years, Olavinlinna or St. Olaf's Castle, is the northernmost medieval stone fortress in the world, lying about 220 miles from Helsinki. As the origin of uncountable ...

With its dark turrets and dramatic gaping windows, you’d be forgiven for thinking the castle nestled in the Polish countryside, called Zamek Łapalice by locals, dated back to the 14th or 15th ...

Show of hands: does anybody else want to live in Count Orlok's castle? Surely it can't be just me, as I don't know how you can't be pulled in by the mystique of his grand catacomb of a home.