This image depicts Christopher Columbus meeting the Catholic Monarchs in the Alhambra Palace in Granada when he went to ask for funds to set off on his journey to find a new route to the Indies.

In my imagination, this is the medieval caravelle that Christopher Columbus set sail in.

This is a vivid illustration of how a medieval community co-existed with a castle or abbey. I imagined this when writing The Sacred Symbol and Elixa.

I spotted this image of a medieval man and loved the image. I haven't used it yet but I will find a place for this medieval man somewhere in my novels ...

I found this image and loved it so much I used it for when my medieval character goes into the La Rabída Monastery where Columbus is staying before he set sail on his first voyage to find a new rou

I used this image of how to draw a stone stairway up the side of a castle as my inspiration when creating my own stone stairway in my fictional dolmen tunnel on Sierra del Torcal in The Sacred Symb

Winter solstice at Newgrange would be a spectacular sight!

When I was planning the layout of my medieval abbey on top of Sierra del Torcal, I spotted this one and used it for inspiration for my setting.

Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland was my inspiration for a vivid scene setting, yet I wanted it to be in Scotland on Columbus Island to fit into my 'Columbus' theme in The Sacred Symb

Waterfall castle in Poland ~ Most Unbelievable Places that really Exist