A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious Islamic tents were used to conceal altars in medieval European churches ...

Archaeologists in Italy unearthed a stone tomb and building ruins under the Piazza San Marco and found a lost medieval church, photos show. Photo from Toa Heftiba via Unsplash Reaching Venice’s ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the ...

Law & Politics Italian Authorities Thwart Tomb Raiders Pillaging Medieval Church. The gang of looters was plundering a previously unknown medieval church that lies 25 feet underground.

For example, one of four surviving medieval painted wood ceilings in Europe is in St Michael’s Church in Hildesheim, northern Germany. Many of the features are evidently Islamic in inspiration.

Picture yourself in a medieval Italian church, light streaming down from above. The gold glint of an altarpiece attracts your notice from afar, and as you approach you see that not only the gold ...

700-year-old Italian fresco reveals medieval church's use of Islamic tents The fresco is thought to be the only surviving depiction of an Islamic tent in a medieval church.