Historical construction records give details of the structure’s original creation.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. Imagine if a 16th-century castle could be yours for a relatively ...
France’s navy was conducting a military operation when they came upon the wreck, officials said. Photo by Marine nationale shared by France's Département des recherches archéologiques subaquatiques et ...
This wasn't simply an execution site but rather a display platform where bodies were hung after being executed elsewhere in the city. The structure consisted of eight stone pillars supporting a timber ...
GRENOBLE, FRANCE—Live Science reports that traces of sixteenth-century gallows and 10 burial pits have been uncovered in southeastern France by researchers from the French National Institute of ...
In a recent study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers conducted paleoserological tests on dental pulp samples of skeletons excavated from the Abbey Saint-Pierre ...
A new Starz series, “The Serpent Queen,” dramatizes the life of the much-maligned 16th-century ruler Based on a True Story Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Catherine de' Medici ...
From his visit to NPR in 2002, early-music string virtuoso Hopkinson Smith performs music first published in 16th-Century France for solo lute. He also talks with NPR's Fred Child about the instrument ...