Either way, the name comes from the Old Norse word for “wharf” — and Bruges did indeed arise as a trading centre. By the ...

The Flemish who live in this part of Belgium call this city “Brugge” (BROO-ghah), but the French half of the country (and ...

Little Bruges, the perfect pocket-sized medieval ... The double-decker Basilica of the Holy Blood has an atmospheric 12th-century chapel below, and a fabulously ornate neo-Gothic church above ...

If you have extra time, Rozenhoedkaai is worthwhile. Considered one of the most photographed areas of Bruges, Rozenhoedkaai, or Quay of the Rosary, is a picturesque spot where the Dijver and ...

More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds ...

“The Silent Echoes of a Great Sound Sculpture” by Bill Fontana made the bell’s live soundscape audible as artists and other pilgrims walked through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

The remarkably well-preserved basilica was part of a public meeting place where citizens and politicians could socialize, shop and hear speeches in the growing city Eli Wizevich History ...

In this photo provided by MOLA, Museum of London Archaeology taken in summer 2024, a view of part of the wall of the Roman London Basilica which has been recently unearthed by a redevelopment of a ...

Archaeologists exploring the site of a planned 32-story office tower announced Thursday that they have unearthed the remains of a Roman basilica that once stood at the heart of the city known as ...

It was constructed between A.D. 78 and 84, about three decades after Roman troops invaded Britain and some 20 years after forces of the Celtic warrior queen Boudicca sacked the fledgling ...