These were the cranes of the medieval building site. Using manpower and pulleys to turn rope around a spindle and lift or lower heavy loads. PETER GINN: I mean, these things are an absolute ...

In the 1930s, the classic architecture and purpose of European ... just one of the reasons to spend an afternoon there. In ...

a 13th-century stone building that illustrates Jewish family life in the medieval era, and a traditional ritual bath, or mikveh. The decision was made at a meeting of the UN World Heritage ...