We were driving uphill, winding our way through swirling clouds, with no real certainty about where we were going. The road was narrow, the pavement crumbling. There were no road signs, except one ...

Here are a few.SPAIN, Avila The 11th-century wall that surrounds the old town illustrates the wealth, power and influence this Castilian city enjoyed […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Carcassonne, France. Carcassonne, in southeastern France, is a 13th-century world of towers, turrets and cobblestones. It's a walled city and Camelot's castle rolled into one, lively with day ...

Chapter 2: The Walled City : Up First from NPR Every year, thousands of migrants arrive at the northern end of the African continent. Many have traveled for years, through jungle, farmland and the ...

The ancient walled European city that 'looks like a film set' just 3 hours from the UK. Known as the 'Silent City' thanks to it's no car policy, Mdina in Malta is like stepping back in time.

Two miles of walls, as well as a moat, protected the city. "There are very few medieval walled cities in Europe that compare," says Allan Langdale, an art history professor at the University of ...

Valencia's historic center is one of Europe's most expansive surviving old quarters and still has the ancient walled city's imposing gate, marked by the Quart and Serranos Towers.

WITH terracotta-red rooftops tessellated more precisely than the most intricate of Tetris puzzles, the view of the walled ...

As a kid, my treehouse was my castle: no parents reining me in, a ladder that pulled up, and nails sticking down through the ceiling — just long enough to keep out bullies taller than me. With ...

Endangered Site: Famagusta Walled City, Cyprus Once located in the midst of high-volume shipping lanes, a forgotten city with multiple European influences could be lost forever without an intervention ...