12 Fascinating Treasures of Byzantium.
Positioned on the crossroads between Western Europe and Asia, Byzantium was for a very long time the centre of theContinue Reading
Positioned on the crossroads between Western Europe and Asia, Byzantium was for a very long time the centre of theContinue Reading
Often when we associate Byzantium with art, the image of religious frescoes and mosaics always comes to mind first. Indeed,Continue Reading
If you are a curious visitor to Italy, and make your way to Venice, in the Great Hall of theContinue Reading
Also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary, the Holy Crown of St. Stephen was the coronation crown of overContinue Reading
The remarkable rise of a peasant boy named Petrus Sabbatius (Justinian I The Great), to the lofty heights of theContinue Reading
There have been many Byzantine Emperors who had died in battle – Emperors Julian, Valens and famously Constantine XI Palaiologos,Continue Reading
One might wonder what the early fifth century Byzantine world would have been like if Aelia Pulcheria was not aroundContinue Reading
Have you ever wondered what the queen of cities – Constantinople – might have looked like? Today traces of theContinue Reading
An Italian Renaissance painter from Florence, by the name of Benozzo Gozzoli, was commissioned to paint a three-walled cycle ofContinue Reading
By special guest writer Joseph Kaminski Attila was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453.Continue Reading