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A photograph of the Tower of London, from the river
Victorian

Anne Boleyn, Beefeaters, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London

An aerial view of Tintagel Castle, Cornwall. (Photo by David Goddard/Getty Images)
Medieval

Explore Tintagel Castle and the legend of King Arthur

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History Traveller, part 2: St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow

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History Traveller, part 1: Meroë, Sudan

The British Museum in London
Magazine

Virtual museum and monument tours: how to explore the wonders of history from your home

The Church of St Martin of Tours in Canterbury
Anglo-Saxon

Q&A What is the oldest church in England?

Photo of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles
Stuart

The palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV’s ultimate power play

Jesus appears before Pontius Pilate in a crowd scene from Oberammergau's 2010 Passion Play. The Bavarian town stages the mammoth production once every ten years, with a cast made up entirely of local residents. (Photo by Brigitte Maria Mayer Passionsspiele Oberammergau 2020)
Medieval

Travel to: Oberammergau, Germany

Knole, a house on an epic scale that's now run by the National Trust.
Tudor

Explore Knole: the grandest of family homes

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One of many historic sites in Luxembourg. Larochette's castle dominates the town below.
Victorian

Travel to Luxembourg: rural beauty and Gothic grandeur

The footprint of Old Sarum cathedral
Medieval

Explore Old Sarum: the regal and the rotten

Being invited to become a 'guest' of the Tower of London in medieval England meant, more often than not, that you would soon be food for the crows. (Image by Getty Images/RM Creative)
Victorian

10 historical haunted sites across Britain

It was in the Cabinet Room that Churchill would meet with his ministers and make the critical decisions that would shape the war. (Image by Getty Images)
Second World War

A visit to the Churchill War Rooms, London

Highclere Castle
Georgian

The secrets of Downton Abbey’s Highclere Castle

The battle of Agincourt, 1415
Medieval

True-to-scale battle numbers and 15th-century life: look inside the revamped Agincourt museum

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