MADRID (AP) — An architect who oversaw the restoration of a decaying ninth-century castle in southern Spain defended his work Friday after critics slammed the result as resembling a box-shaped parking ...

An architect who oversaw the restoration of a decaying ninth-century castle in southern Spain defended his work Friday after critics slammed the result as resembling a box-shaped parking garage.

For centuries, medieval castles – hulking, isolated triumphs of masonry – have held a special place in the Western imagination, evoking at once a sense of history, fantasy, war and romance. They are ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient bronze artifact, the hand of Irulegi, with writing in an early Basque alphabet previously unknown. Photo from Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi Archaeologists in Spain ...

The restored Matrera ninth-century castle sits on a hill in Villamartin, Spain. An architect who spent years overseeing the restoration of a decaying ninth-century castle in southern Spain has ...