One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

The greatest early modern authority on Ottoman Greece was Martin Cruisius – a man who had never left Germany.

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...

Its second iteration was inaugurated in 415 CE ... But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (a.k.a. Mehmed the Conqueror) captured Constantinople, his victory paved the way for the Ottoman ...

Made from red sandstone and white marble, it is the second most visited site in India after the ... Stunning Topkapi Palace was initially built by Ottoman sultan Mehmed II after he conquered ...