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Built in 1920, this revered Shinto shrine in Tokyo sees around 3 million visitors every year. Despite this, it's an oasis of ...

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With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying ...

Round towers were designed primarily as bell-towers and were attached to some of the most prestigious churches in Ireland ...

Oslo (AFP) – The day before she was ordained the Bishop of Oslo in the presence of Norway's king, Sunniva Gylver stretched out barefoot in front of the altar, leading a service that combined ...

Julian McDonnell, the author of Rather Splendid Pub Walks, and star of @joolzguides shares one of his favourite walks in the ...

The Antiquities Authority said that the discovery 'raised new questions' about how women of the time lived, potentially ...

The day before she was ordained the Bishop of Oslo in the presence of Norway's king, Sunniva Gylver stretched out barefoot in front of the altar ... between modern expressions and old traditions ...

Cross the road to the church of ALL HALLOWS BY ... the undercroft you can see second-century Roman paving leading to an altar built from stones brought back from the Templar Church of Athlit ...