Imagine traveling Europe solely based off citrus trees. It's a novel approach (and certainly an aromatic one!), and while we're not sure the path that would lead you on today, 300 years ago it ...

Fulda’s Baroque basilica, left, and St. Michael’s Church are silhouetted in the setting sun. The former was built in the early 18th century, while the latter is 900 years older. (Michael ...

During the baroque era there was a rich musical scene in many places around the world, including in what we now call Mexico. It included composers born in so-called “New Spain” and others born ...

From brutalism to baroque: Europe’s best cities for architecture Architectural styles speak volumes about a city’s history, culture, ambitions and aspirations.

Rome is a showcase of Western civilization, layered with elements of the city’s 2,000-year-old history. Among the traffic-choked 20th-century boulevards, you’ll find marble ruins of ancient ...

What: Early Music Society of the Islands: House of Dreams, with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra When/where: Saturday, 8 p.m., Alix Goolden Hall; pre-concert talk at 7:10 Tickets: $35; seniors and ...

Mercury Baroque will become the first Houston-based orchestra to tour Europe in nearly 10 years when it reprises its popular production of Lully's opera Armide in Paris in September, 2010. The ...

It brings Siberian Baroque together with ancient Russian architecture, as well as local traditions of window construction. Yet another example of this style is the 1775 Vladimir Church (ul.