It was the 10th of November 1793 when an attractive young opera singer was carried on a palanquin to the doors of the Notre Dame Cathedral. The singer – scantily clad and bearing the pike of Jupiter – was to play the part of Liberty in one of the strangest performances the 600-year-old Catholic Cathedral…
Fairy tale, Disneyland, candy shop – these are the phrases you frequently hear people use to describe their first impression of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. It’s not hard to understand why. The design of the Cathedral, with all its colors and swirls, seems whimsical. Against the backdrop of the Kremlin’s red towers and the bright façade of…
Why is there an altar to a Persian god beneath a Catholic Church in the heart of Rome? Learn about one of Ancient Rome’s most enduring mysteries.