Read on to find out more about 21 of the world’s most beautiful castles, fortified homes that are both a feast for the eyes ...

King Philip II of Spain decreed Madrid – a somewhat sleepy mountain town in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula – the capital ...

The Galleria Borbonica – or Bourbon Tunnel – is an unfinished underground passageway commissioned by King Ferdinand II and carved back ... the Royal Palace of Naples to military barracks ...

Commissioned by King Ferdinand II on the site of a ruined monastery ... This island bastion overlooking the Bay of Naples is the oldest castle on our list, tracing its roots to the 5th century ...

What is it about castles that fascinates so many people around the globe? A lot of the allure derives from the history and ...

The University of Naples was established in 1224 and it remains one of the world’s oldest universities to be founded by a head of state after Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily, ...

More than 450 years ago, King Philip II of Spain decreed Madrid — a somewhat ... Some, writes the author, were “made in Venice and Naples and covered with gilded sculptures and plush fabrics.” ...

This is typical European hypocrisy. The Alhambra Decree, issued on March 31, 1492, by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, had stated that all European Jews who did not ...

The Cathedral of Granada is one of the many buildings that was built on top of a former mosque and its adjacent Royal Chapel houses the tombs of King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I, the royalty ...