Beard and haircut restriction during the Enver Hoxha regime in Albania (1945–1990)

By Mirjan Sulejmani

Over the centuries there have been many cultures that have put official or cultural restrictions on how men should wear their hear…

Heavenly Design: The Stave Churches of Norway

By Wolter Braamhorst

They seem to have been designed by mythology and built by legend. The stave churches of Norway are unique heritage. When you first encounter these mysterious black wooden structures, starkly contrasting…

Sognefjord: a poetic, natural masterpiece

By Wolter Braamhorst

From church to library, Lavapiés (Madrid)

By Libe Fdez. Torróntegui

The first time I visited the Escuelas Pías de San Fernando in Lavapiés (Madrid), I fell deeply in love with it. This place really knows how to convey its history: it has adapted to a new…

The Aurelian Walls — Part 1

By Jacopo Ibello

When speaking about the field of cultural heritage in Italy, a common complaint is the destruction of city walls all over the country at the end of the XIX century. Age-old walls were demolished, usually just to be replaced by…

How Dubrovnik was one of the wealthiest states in Europe

By Katarina Brklajačić Netopil

The Republic of Ragusa, today known as Dubrovnik, and its surroundings gained remarkable significance due to trading all over the Mediterranean and beyond…

The Temple (not) of Diana, Merida.

By Libe Fdez. Torróntegui

The Aurelian Walls — Part 2

By Jacopo Ibello

The Bernina Railway

By Jacopo Ibello

The Bernina Railway is an international line connecting St. Moritz, in the Swiss…

Carbonia: The Machine Town

By Jacopo Ibello

Discovering the architectural and industrial heritage of an Italian mining town