Hidden in the Italian countryside lies a majestic medieval castle, abandoned since the 19th century. Once a grand symbol of power, its halls now echo with mystery—crumbling walls, antique ...

“I think it was the crystalline volumes and how they rise above the rolling landscape,” he says, referencing the castle’s corner towers. Known as one of the best-preserved Italian medieval ...

Now, scientists have uncovered a hidden feature underneath a medieval castle in Milan, Italy, that researchers once could only speculate about based on a sketch of Leonardo’s from around 1495 ...