LOWER SILESIA, Poland (KLTV/KTRE) - The Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Krzeszów, located outside Jelenia Góra in southwest Poland, is considered to be one of the greatest ...

Portugal's most beautiful Baroque buildings bear witness to an era when art was in the service of faith, power and wealth. From north to south, these masterpieces offer a spectacular and expressive ...

LECCE, Italy -- In Italy, everything begins - or ends - with an espresso. There was a beaming September sun shining on the narrow Via Torino the Sunday morning we arrived early in Rome. From where we ...

A masterpiece of Baroque theatre architecture, built between 1745 and 1750, the Opera House is the only entirely preserved example of its type where an audience of 500 can experience Baroque court ...

Getting to see the baroque side of Portugal means getting immersed in a world of artistic exuberance and religious fervour. Less well known than the baroque of Italy or Spain, the Portuguese baroque ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

The first major crossroads on the musical landscape was mapped around 1600. There'd been a basic simplicity to what had gone before. From Gregorian chant - church music sung in a single vocal line - ...