Empress Elisabeth of Austria remains a figure of fascination 125 years on. Beautiful, tragic, powerful – it is easy to understand why the tale of this ill-fated royal beauty has captured the ...

Before her failed effort to flee Paris in 1791, Marie Antoinette handed a diamond to her loyal hairdresser. It's now ...

Come discover the charms of the imperial European city so beautiful, it’s inspired composers, artists, and royalty (and ...

One area of the palace is the Sisi Museum, named after Empress Elisabeth, wife of Emperor ... and Prince Eugene of Savoy (who defended Austria from an Ottoman invasion in 1697).

FREEDOM has always been as precious to humans as life itself, and they did everything possible to preserve it. The symbolic ...

Built for Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sissi, the Achilleion Palace served as a refuge for the liberal-minded royal, who faced tragedy throughout her life. She decorated it with works of ...

Suites have vast beds that face out to the lake, and sumptuous bathrooms; some also have balconies – best enjoyed with a ...

One of the finest baroque palaces in Europe, Schönbrunn was one of the first places in Austria to be declared ... as Emperor Franz Joseph, his wife Elisabeth (better known as Sisi) and Archduke ...

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine hits Putin's 'pride and joy' in underwater strike - and releases video of explosion Ukraine's security service has hit the Kerch Bridge linking Russia to Crimea with ...

Near the end of the 17th century, Emperor Leopold I of Austria took refuge in the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians at Pasau, when 200,000 Ottoman Turks besieged the capital city of Vienna ...

Guest: Laurence Rees is an award-winning English historian and documentary filmmaker. He has authored several books including The Holocaust: A New History, Hitler and Stalin, Auschwitz: A New History, ...

It is the most famous waltz ever written – actually not one waltz but a chain of five interlinked waltz themes. It is Austria’s second national anthem. It is the inescapable conclusion to each New ...