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Charming Mont Saint-Michel
Mount Saint-Michel is located on a tidal island in Normandy, France. It is home to the unusual Benedictine Abbey and its steepled church (built between the 11th and 16th centuries), daringly placed at the top of the mount.
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Astronomer Copernicus Reburied As Hero in Poland
Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings were condemned by the Roman Catholic Church as heretical.
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Woman Builds House Using Hair
With a knowledge of ancient building techniques and her own 16th century cottage, Paula Sunshine wanted to renovate her home the traditional way. But the lack of long-haired livestock in modern Britain meant it would be difficult to recreate the lime rend
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Top Ten Love Stories in World
Romeo and Juliet, 16th Century, English, literary. Star-crossed lovers immortalized in Shakespeare’s 1596 play. With Romeo dead, Juliet takes her own life rather than live without her young husband.
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Iron Mask for Talkative Wives
This is an iron mask that has been used for punishing women who harangue, badger, gossip or otherwise make themselves obnoxious to men by being to talkative. It was used in 16th century England and Scotland as a disciplinary measure, the guilty woman woul
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Tree Rings Reveal Africa’s History Of Droughts O
The first multi-century drought reconstruction that includes Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia shows frequent and severe droughts during the 13th and 16th centuries and the latter part of the 20th century.
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Portugal's Chapel of Bones
16th Century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
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7 Mona Lisas from Around the World
Mona Lisa is a world-famous portrait painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in the 16th Century during the Renaissance period. On the face of it, it is a simple portrait but it has certain qualities that raise it far above the standard painting: a. the enigmatic fa
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Versatile Paintings by Tiziano Vecellio
Tiziano Vecellio or profoundly known as Titian was born on 27 August 1576. He was an Italian painter and the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school.
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16th Century Manhattan In The Desert
When New York was founded (by the Dutch in 1624) big buildings were hard to imagine. But at the same time, some of the oldest “skyscrapers” are built in the city of Shibam (Yemen). That’s why this city got nickname “Manhattan in the desert.”
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Best of Halloween Light Show 2010
The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even (“evening”), that is, the night before All Hallows Day.
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People Began the Cosmetic Surgery in 16th Century
A precious book of 11,000 pounds confirmes people had began the plastic surgery several hundred years ago
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Oldest Skyscrapers in the World
... attacks. While Shibam has been in existence for an estimated 1,700 years, most of the city’s houses originate from the 16th century. Many, though, have been rebuilt numerous times in the last few centuries.
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Christmas inspiration
... tree, representing the host of angels or the Star of Bethlehem from the Nativity. The tradition of decorating an evergreen tree at Christmas started in Germany in the 16th century.
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Some of the biggest christmas trees
... tree, representing the host of angels or the Star of Bethlehem from the Nativity. The tradition of decorating an evergreen tree at Christmas started in Germany in the 16th century.
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Dropping Church
Epiphany wooden church in the village Paltoga Vologda region, not far from Lake Onega. The church was built in 1733, and 19 th century timbered boards, covered with iron and painted white. In 1810, a number of built brick Znamenskaya church.
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Cottle Church
Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together
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Vologda - city of churches
Vologda region, the land of centuries-old monasteries and churches, is five hundred miles away from Moscow. The main city, Vologda, with its architectural sights and rich history, is a place well-worth visiting.
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Train Car Churches
In Russia they have Churches made out of old train cars and
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Nice Photos of Churches
Best Shots of Churches - from inside and outside
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