In Vienna's Hofburg Palace, ground zero of the Habsburg Empire, I'm particularly entertained by its butterfly house, a tropical wonderland on the Danube. In this community of royal butterflies, the ...

VIENNA — Many families accumulate treasures over generations, later relegating the exotica and artworks to the attic or a tag sale. Not so the Habsburgs, the imperial family that ruled the ...

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(CBS) Following a long-standing family tradition and his personal wishes, Otto von Habsburg, last heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was laid to rest this week, his body with his ancestors in Vienna ...

The French aren’t having a great jewelry year, but the Austrians, on the other hand, can count on ending 2025 on a glittering ...

Hungarian Empire collapsed, the priceless jewels belonging to the Habsburg family vanished as well, including the fabled "Florentine Diamond." Now, much of the treasure has reappeared - on a different ...

A legendary jewel of the Hapsburg dynasty — not seen since 1919 and thought lost, stolen or recut — has actually been safe in ...

The legendary Florentine Diamond, a 137-carat yellow gem long thought lost, has been found in a bank vault in Canada ...

Descendants of Austria's last emperor have said they will display to the public a hoard of imperial jewels hidden in Canada ...

“Sometimes wealth meets taste,” Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, told a group of visitors during a Thursday preview of the newly installed “Habsburg Splendor: Masterpieces ...