Built in the early 15th century, the hall originally served as a meeting place for members of a medieval guild, who were likely the first to use the newly discovered doorway. “Further ...

The Trebuchet was invented by Mariano Taccola, "the Sienese Archimedes." This war machine was invented during the Middle Ages (around 1400 AD) in order to destroy the great walls of the enemy palaces.

It was originally designed by Mariano di Iacopo (or Jacopo) 1382-c.1453), known as Taccola. Like many men of the early 15th century, Taccola was an antiquarian and inventor. He viewed himself as an ...

The road’s heyday ended around the 15th Century AD ... Watches finally took over the mass market in the early 20th Century, after soldiers returning from the First World War helped make them ...