American Colonial Revival homes, with their symmetry, stability and lines as old as our nation itself, evoke a sense of history, tradition and homeyness — sort of like the comfort food of American ...

MEXICO CITY -- Mexicos colonial cities attract millions of international tour-ists every year. Although destinations such as Guadalajara, Oaxaca, Puebla and San Miguel de Allende are widely known, ...

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. -- New Paltz is the German name of a town founded by a handful of French Huguenots. The Huguenots were relocating from a largely Dutch town that had come under British control and had ...

Extracted from: Journal of modern history (Chicago) 59 (2) 1987, pages 291-316. The urban modernist vision of French architects during the colonial period could not be implemented in metropolitan ...

Coastal beauty, colonial architecture, and a storied past await travelers in St. Augustine. Country Magazine_Country-Magazine/Courtesy Pat Chuck Blackley With a fascinating past and more than four ...

In the mid-twentieth century, a set of South Asian countries collectively experienced a catharsis from colonizers' rule. The period that followed sparked an era of ideas and philosophies for a new ...

Located 270km north of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and near the border with Mauritania, is the Island of Saint-Louis. It is a prominent colonial city in West Africa, known for its blend of ...