Around the many villages spread in Italy, especially in the area between Tuscany, Umbria, Marche and Lazio, all central regions of the country, it is common to notice in the medieval habitations…
Dancer, adventure, femme fatale. Who really was Mata Hari, the most known female secret agent in history? After a century from the death of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, that’s her real name, it…
On Henry VIII historians and writers have shared so many words. Cultured and refined exponent of the Tudor dynasty as well as a despotic and bloodthirsty sovereign, Henry VIII is mainly remembered…
From the Victorian obsession for photography neither corpses nor criminals were able to escape. Small criminals, hardened bandits but also elderly women or children found red handed stealing a piece of bread,…
A cloud of mystery has only surrounded the disappearance in the II century AD of one of the most valorous legions of the Roman Empire known as the “Ninth Legion”, “Legio VIIII…
It must have been dramatic in the past finding yourself trapped in a city besieged by an enemy army, camped out of the walls waiting for it to surrender. The conquest would…
The two tidal islands of St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall, Mount Saint-Michel in Normandy, Skellig Michael in Ireland, The Saint Michael’s Abbey in Val di Susa, the Church of the Archangel Saint…