When visiting an art museum and viewing portraits of the Habsburg family, one may be startled by their grotesquely protruding ...

Investigating the discovery of a seemingly long-lost diamond had both the intrigue of a mystery novel and the fact-checking ...

When we think of the Habsburgs, the spotlight usually falls on emperors, kings, and archdukes—powerful men who dominated Europe. But behind the scenes, across five generations, an extraordinary line ...

This article examines the officers who led the Habsburg Army during the First World War. It highlights the complexity of their identities, demonstrating that this went well beyond the a-national – ...

Originally constructed from 1696 as a grand hunting lodge, Schönbrunn Palace later became the official Hapsburg summer residence. Under the supervision of Maria Theresa (the only female Habsburg ruler ...

Unlike Vienna's other royal residences, Hofburg is like a city within a city. Sitting on the southwestern edge of the Innere Stadt, the 13th-century palace was the winter residence of the Habsburgs, ...

Finds some of Italy’s most storied—and spectacular—coffee shops in the underappreciated city of Trieste. Trieste stands out as the true coffee capital of Italy, with a culture rooted in its historical ...

The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), a nonprofit, non-political, scholarly society, is the leading private organization in the world dedicated to the advancement ...