Criterion (i): Given its formal perfection and harmonious blending of cultural elements from northern Europe, the Muslim world and classical antiquity, Castel del Monte is a unique masterpiece of ...

843 - Break-up of Frankish empire; Germany emerges as separate realm.. 962 - German King Otto I crowned Roman emperor after gaining control of northern Italy; beginning of what became known as Holy ...

Christmas was bountiful to Frederick II, born December 26, 1194. He was gifted King Genes and Emperor DNA. At age 4, he was crowned King of Sicily, the strategic crossroads of the Mediterranean ...

Jesi (Ancona), June 20 - A museum dedicated to Frederick II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany and Sicily in the Middle Ages, will open in his birth city of Jesi, in the Marche ...

Der Präsident der Fondazione Fedrico II Hohenstaufen Jesi, Vittorio Borgiani, zeigt sich erfreut über die Graböffnung: "Was heißt hier Grabschändung, es geht hier doch darum, historische ...

843 - Break-up of Frankish empire; Germany emerges as separate realm.. 962 - German King Otto I crowned Roman emperor after gaining control of northern Italy; beginning of what became known as Holy ...

1250 - Death of Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen marks virtual end of central authority and acceleration of empire's collapse into independent princely territories.

1250 - Death of Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen marks virtual end of central authority and acceleration of empire's collapse into independent princely territories.