Most of us never have struck and never will strike another adult with our fists, let alone wield a weapon. But a dangerous, ...

Titled “Versailles: Science and Splendor,” a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI Sonja Anderson Daily ...

The first lawns were created by the nobles and aristocrats of 17th- and 18th-century Europe, including Louis XIV of France ... After the American Revolution, the trend hopped the Atlantic and ...

A new lyric video for "Versailles" by Ayaka was released to the singer's YouTube channel the day after the Rose of Versailles ...

Under the reign of Louis XV (who ruled between 1715 and 1774), a midwife called Madame du Coudray became a powerful force against French infant mortality. The king hired her to travel throughout ...

Paris has long been known as as a global business hub, from its medieval markets to its rise as a financial and corporate ...

Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg. The fort was ...

Louis XIV moved the French government and court ... and Marie Antoinette were forced out of the chateau during the French Revolution, the government left, and Versailles was practically abandoned.

And Louis XIV called this neighborhood home for a while until he decided to move his family and court to Versailles. Much of Le Marais also survived the destruction of the French Revolution.

Tonight, hours after the lights went down on his fall 2025 Dior Men show, friends and admirers of Kim Jones, including ...

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 ...

The American Revolution of 1776 was in many ways the offspring of the ... led armies of the Grand Alliance that convinced the aggressive Sun King of France, Louis XIV, that he had “loved war too much.