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Some of Italy's best wineries are located just south of Florence throughout the wine region of Tuscany. Here are the 9 best ...

The map itself is undated, but there are clues it was created in 1491: It quotes a book published that year, and Christopher Columbus may have consulted the map (or a copy) before his great voyage.

Try local flavors in the highly walkable Madrid de Los Austrias, an underrated cultural district that’s one of Madrid’s first neighborhoods.

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The book will include high quality photographs of all the major mosaics, an interview with Tessa Hunkin outlining the nature of the project, commentary on the background to each mosaic by Wendy ...

No matter how brutal Macbeth was, he wasn't devoid of conscience. Despite murdering king Ducan in cold blood, he confessed that "only Vaulting ambition, which" o'erleapt itself/ And fell "on the other ...