Careful what you wish for from the Reliquary Statue of St.Foy
St.Foy, also known as St.Faith, was martyred in 303 CE during the last great persecutions of Christians in the townContinue Reading
St.Foy, also known as St.Faith, was martyred in 303 CE during the last great persecutions of Christians in the townContinue Reading
Positioned on the crossroads between Western Europe and Asia, Byzantium was for a very long time the centre of theContinue Reading
Cleopatra is often portrayed as a beautiful Egyptian women who used her own political shrewdness and sexual allure to secureContinue Reading
Pompeii and Herculaneum are Roman cities from late antiquity that don’t need any introduction. There has been so much saidContinue Reading
The French painter, Jacques-Louis David, was arguably the most famous neoclassical painter in France during the late 18th century andContinue Reading
During the night of July 18, 64 AD, the great fire of Rome broke out in the merchant area ofContinue Reading
You’ve all heard of the story of France’s national heroine, nicknamed ‘The maid of Orleans’ and how she rode atContinue Reading
In the winter of 1805, Napoleon’s Grand Armée marched halfway across Europe to confront their enemy, the allied armies ofContinue Reading
Often when we associate Byzantium with art, the image of religious frescoes and mosaics always comes to mind first. Indeed,Continue Reading
Claude Monet was born on 14th November 1840. He grew up in the French port Le Harve on the NormandyContinue Reading