In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

The problem visitors to Paris have is there is just too much to ... Baker became the first black woman to be added to the Pantheon. Insider’s tip: Climb the 206 steps to the viewing platforms ...

The first building to include a fully pendentive dome, Hagia Sophia is a paragon of Byzantine architecture ... James Hoban designed the neoclassical building, whose exterior is made of white ...

The world-famous Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica, Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, Castel Sant'Angelo ... by Western European culture and extravagant architecture, including the Church of the ...

The Paris Pantheon, an emblematic monument in the ... However, the crypt remains difficult to access due to its architecture. A little anecdote: Marie Curie, buried here in 1995, lies in a lead ...

and most certainly ignorant motives behind the Trumpian obsession with neoclassical architecture. Both executive orders are part of the populist far-right’s obsession with the Classics.

The president’s efforts to remake the federal government extend even to the buildings that house it, as he pushes designs ...

The 17th-century Sainte-Ursule Chapel at the famous Sorbonne University is a silent, timeless witness to Paris’ Christian ...

You have to imagine yourself in a 258-square-foot apartment, with faded wallpaper, wall-to-wall carpeting, and floral ...