NORTHERN BURGUNDY, France — Deep in ... would have existed beside a castle like this 800 years ago. A garden grows plants indigenous to the area in the Middle Ages. "We grow only medieval ...

Ax-wielding carpenters hack at tree trunks to create the castle’s roof ... many dating back to the Middle Ages. Despite youth unemployment of up to 20% in parts of France, few youngsters are ...

Its high altitude location proved to be an important vantage point for France's leaders throughout the Middle Ages. However, the castle was abandoned after the Thirty Years' War in the 1600s.

But it was during the Middle Ages, and in response to the evolution ... over the countryside near Carcassonne in southwest France. The castle was built in the late 1200s after the village was ...

More than 20 years ago, a community of men and women in the French region of Burgundy set themselves a massive challenge: to build a castle using the techniques of the Middle Ages. The site in the ...

is one of the country's most impressive castles and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. A tour package to France that includes a visit to Carcassonne will take you back in time to the Middle Ages ...

The paintings of Caspar David Friedrich or the novels of Sir Walter Scott represent very well this Middle Ages of castles, exploits and duels between knights for the love of a lady. Obviously ...