Gothic architecture

In this installment of Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages, England's beautiful Gothic cathedral shines with Medieval elegance.

Imagine that happy day around 1700 when the monk Dom Pérignon, after much fiddling with the double fermentation ...

On June 11, 1144, King Louis VII of France and Queen Eleanor led dozens of bishops and abbots ...

The St. Vitus Cathedral is located on a hill that overlooks the city of Prague. When construction began ...

The spiral staircase of the Loretto Chapel is well known as a miracle because of its unique structure. ...

Fourteen centuries have taken its toll on Saint Germain des Prés, the oldest church in Paris. Built in ...

If “breathtaking” were a building, it could very well be the Sainte-Chapelle ("Holy Chapel") in Paris, the spectacular ...

A rainbow of colors collide through the stained glass windows of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. The tinted sunlight brings ...

On April 25, 1842, the “sale of the century” began in Twickenham in southwest London; the contents of ...