Italian officials on Monday hailed the discovery of a more than 2,000-year-old public building attributed to Vitruvius, the ancient Roman architect and engineer known as the "father of architecture." ...

A tour of the Byzantine churches in the historic center of Athens offers history, unique architecture, and a rare viewing ...

Brasília, the capital city of Brazil, is a marvel of modernist architecture and urban design, planned by Lúcio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer. This aerial night view captures the glowing Brasília ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Proposals for a national cathedral in the country of about 19 million people had been put forward for more than a century, but its fruition was hampered by two world wars and ...

Washington, D.C., police on Sunday arrested a person outside of a local cathedral before a high-profile Red Mass. “Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) members assigned to a detail for the Red Mass at ...

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston will celebrate 150 years of its historic pipe organ on Sunday during the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The cathedral in the South End is the seat ...

To learn the history of a new destination, travelers should look no further than its most famous buildings. Of course, there are other ways to discover the local culture, which can be reflected in the ...

It was late on a Tuesday afternoon in 1989 when Chuck Toeniskoetter swung open the doors of Saint Joseph’s church in downtown San Jose to show his family what he’d been working on. Alongside his wife ...