The legend of the lost city of Rungholt, in Germany, says a great storm in 1362 destroyed it as revenge for its inhabitants' sins.

DUBROVNIK’S medieval city walls – check. Clear waters of the Adriatic Sea – check. Shiny marble streets – check. The only thing missing was the people. In that heady period last ­summer ...

Across from Valletta, the Three Cities – Vittoriosa, Senglea and Cospicua – reveal their charm through medieval streets, sleepy harbours and historic souvenirs of Malta's knightly past.

Councillors are being asked to approve an extra £4.5m for an ongoing sea defence project due to rising costs. Brighton & Hove City Council initially set aside £6.5m to rebuild sea defences at ...

HBO's blockbuster series, "Game of Thrones," broke records for Emmy nominations and wins before it ended this year. But in the small Croatian city of Dubrovnik, the series lives on. It was the ...

The first surviving Civil War wooden stake defences to be found in the UK have been discovered by archaeologists in the moat of Sheffield's former castle. The stakes were stuck into the ground to ...

WASHINGTON — The iconic sea serpents, mermaids and other mythical creatures found on world maps from medieval and Renaissance times splash to life on the pages of a new book.

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia's medieval city of Dubrovnik.

More than £7m of government funding has been allocated to improve sea defences along part of the Kent coast. The scheme, backed by Canterbury City Council, will upgrade the area between Whitstable and ...

Norwegian rock is regularly used in UK sea defences due to its "strength, durability and cost-effective shipping", the council added.

Carcassonne is a hilltop city in southwestern France's Occitanie region, the right bank of the Aude river, and it is quite simply magical. Its crowning glory is a fairytale castle, which is part of a ...

That is when a decision is made not to invest in providing or maintaining sea defences. This has led to Fairbourne’s inhabitants being described as “ the UK’s first climate change refugees ...