These days, the Hofburg Palace is residence and office of the President of Austria, however extensive ... named after Empress Elisabeth, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph, with more than 300 objects ...

Emperor Charles V was the great 16th century pan-European sovereign ... cultural and historical – for many central European countries (Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg...) and ...

A woman sold tin can planters emblazoned with the portraits of Habsburg royals, including and especially Emperor Charles I, also known as Blessed Karl. Karl, Charles I of Austria, was the Habsburg ...

Three California residents were nearly fatally poisoned by deadly mushrooms that masquerade as edible varieties, suffering ...

This is the sixth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time in worlds beyond the ...

1818 – “Silent Night” was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria. 1868 – U.S.

King Charles II, on his restoration ... The meal was served with 12 bottles of wine – a gift from the Emperor of Austria, from his personal vineyards. Dinner concluded with Stilton cheese ...

The Velázquez masterpiece, on loan to the Norton Simon Museum from the Prado Museum in Madrid, is loaded with royal intrigue and mystery.

Italians voted in a referendum to choose the future institutional form of the state. Around 54 percent decided to replace the ...

The commission for a formal portrait of Mariana of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and Spain’s ... (Their eventual son, the future Charles II, suffered pronounced physical ...

December 25 has been Christmas for the past 1,688 years since Roman Emperor Constantine ... Ded Moroz or Grandfather Frost; in Austria, Niklaus; and in China, Lan Khoong-Khoong.