Across Europe, many medieval churches stand on land that was considered sacred long before Christianity arrived. At first glance, these stone buildings seem purely Christian, shaped by crosses, bells, ...

People and wealth moved along the pilgrimage routes of Europe, sparking the building of Romanesque churches to welcome travelers and house holy relics. The eight-sided bell tower of the Basilica of ...

HOW to replace ruined medieval stained-glass windows has over the centuries steadily troubled French civil and ecclesiastical authorities. Time and wars have taken a cruel toll. The great tapestries ...

Starting in the Middle Ages, when Norway became a Christian country, former Vikings-turn-Christians built immense cathedrals and churches to honor the new religion—all made entirely from wood rather ...

When people think of medieval architecture, they tend to think of giant European cathedrals with large open spaces and walls supported by flying buttresses. In fact, one need not cross the Atlantic ...

A medieval church and burials were discovered as a university transforms a shopping center into an urban campus in the U.K. Mikal Ludlow Photography University of Gloucestershire Excavations in the ...