Pump Park Vintage Photography/Alamy The Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps is the mightiest mass of ice in Europe. Covering a staggering 66 square miles (171sq km) it has always attracted ...

Unlike Vienna's other royal residences ... sprawling Heldenplatz (Heroes' Square), and the huge statues of Archduke Charles (who defeated Napoleon's troops at the Battle of Aspern-Essling in ...

Vienna was finally freed through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. All Europe had joined with the Emperor crying out "Mary, Help!" and praying the Holy rosary. In 1809, Napoleon's men ...

The overthrow of Napoleon III in France also causes turmoil in Vienna. Franz feels the need to begin his son’s military training earlier than expected. Sisi objects, and makes the decision the ...

Jackson Square, designed as military parade grounds, was known as the Place d’Armes during the French colonial period and ...

Napoleon Bonaparte led his forces to a decisive victory at the Battle of Bassano, striking a crippling blow to the Austrian ...

A 32-year-old Greek national found the statue on Jan. 18 in a black bag near the trash bins. The statue, believed to be from the Hellenistic period, is currently being held by authorities for ...

The police said a man handed over a statue that he said he found in a plastic bag among trash bins. By Christine Hauser On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with ...

An ancient marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found dumped near a cluster of garbage bins in Greece, kicking off a police investigation into potential illegal ...