Mehmed IV wanted to live up to, and even surpass, the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had secured the Ottomans' ...

plans were drawn for the battle. On September 12, Feast of the Holy Name of Mary, Vienna was finally freed through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. All Europe had joined with the ...

Unlike Vienna's other royal residences ... huge statues of Archduke Charles (who defeated Napoleon's troops at the Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809) and Prince Eugene of Savoy (who defended ...

The talented team completed the artwork in nine months. It was painted on specially woven canvas imported from Brussels, ...

the siege of Vienna in 1683. One of the most consequential, however, is also one of the least known. For four months from May 1565, troops and sailors loyal to the sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ...

EQS-News: Steyr Motors AG / Key word (s): Expansion/Miscellaneous Steyr Motors opens office in Indonesia and announces secondary listing on the Vienna Stock Exchange 04.02.2025 / 07:30 CET/CEST The ...

Whoever the Valentine was who gave us all the mid-February madness, he doesn’t deserve the credit at all. All the credit ...

The Civil War reenactment group that is regularly featured throughout the area at events and ceremonies shooting its cannon ...

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP, concluded his term as archbishop of Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, his 80th birthday, when Pope Francis accepted his resignation. Schönborn, a theologian who ...

One more thing: the Battle of Warsaw was our first unassisted victory since the 16th century. Yes, there was the battle of Vienna, but Sobieski had commanded a military coalition. J.H.: We were ...

Coffee must have been the secret weapon of Greek, Slav, and Albanian mercenary units, the stratioti, that fought together throughout Europe in the 15th to 18th centuries. The stratioti must have ...