Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match ...

Flights to Lisbon from Manchester with TAP Air Portugal during February half term start at a very reasonable £134pp return.

It resulted in almost 230,000 people either dead or missing around the Indian Ocean. The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 produced an almost 50-foot-high tsunami that destroyed the city and ravaged the ...

Born Francois-Marie Arouet in 1694, this celebrated playwright, poet, essayist, and philosopher reinvented himself as simply ...

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The tsunami scare on Saturday raises the question, how much of a risk do tsunamis pose for the Cayman Islands?

The world capital of sherry and flamenco is also a tranquil alternative to Seville, just over an hour’s drive north. The city ...

The Aga Khan, known for his triumphs in horse racing, dazzling wealth and development work around the world, has died in ...

This section of town survived a devastating earthquake in 1755, meaning that it is one of the best places to catch a glimpse of pre-18th century Lisbon architecture. Bairro Alto is probably best ...

The Lisbon earthquake is the most famous natural disaster in European history. In the space of little more than an hour on the morning of 1 November 1755, while much of the city’s population was at ...

American actress Kam Heskin took a leap of faith, moving her family to the south of Portugal in pursuit of a better quality ...