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A pool reflects the grand baroque design of St. Charles's Church in Vienna.
St. Charles's Church is a baroque church located on the south side of Karlsplatz in Vienna, Austria. Widely considered the most outstanding baroque church in Vienna, as well as one of the city's greatest buildings, Karlskirche is dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo, one of the great reformers of the sixteenth century.
Kaplica Hochberga - Hochberg Chapel - Hochbergkapelle
Part of Church of saint Vincent , Greek Catholic cathedral.
Location: pl. Nankiera 15, Old Town, Wrocław, Poland
Built: 1723-1728
Architect: Christoph Hackner
Renovation: 2000-2013
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Les Grottes section with statues and sculptures. In a formal garden designed by landscape architect André le Nôtre.
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Vaux-le-Vicomte (Est.1658) - a baroque French château on a 33 hectares (100 acres) estate with formal gardens along a three-kilometer axis. Built between 1658 to 1661 as a symbol of power and influence and intended to reflect the grandeur of Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle Île, Viscount of Melun and Vaux, the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV.
The château was an influential work of architecture in mid-17th-century Europe. The architect Louis Le Vau, the landscape architect André le Nôtre, and the painter-decorator Charles Le Brun worked together on this large-scale project. This marked the beginning of the "Louis XIV style" combining architecture, interior design and landscape design. Their next following project was to build Versailles.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaux-le-Vicomte
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San Miguel de Allende is a city located in central Mexico known for its beautiful colonial Spanish-style churches. The architecture of these churches is impressive, with ornate details and unique designs reflecting Spanish influence in the region. These churches are an important example of the rich history and cultural heritage of San Miguel de Allende. Whenever you visit this city, you can't miss the opportunity to explore these architectural wonders and enjoy their beauty.
One of dozens of beautiful baroque churches in Lisbon, this one is near the main Cathedral which can be seen in the distance on the left.
The slightly overgrown façade of the former Griffin Hotel in Wigan, Lancashire, UK.
The building was built in 1905 as is an English heritage Grade 2 listed building.
Here we can see to great effect its flamboyant Edwardian Baroque style architecture, with red and buff coloured terracotta used in excess but to great effect.
Kolovratský palác
now: Embassy of Italy
Nerudova Street
Prague
parcel acquired by nobleman Norbert Leopold Libštejnský of Kolovraty
Jan Santini 9also written Jan Blažej Santini, Jan Santini Aichl, Giovanni Santini, Jan Blažej Santini-Eichel, Giovanni Santini-Aichl, Johann Blasius Santini-Aichel, Giovanni Blasius Santini or Jan Blažej Santini-Aüchel] substituted as architect
The construction of the palace was carried out according to this project by Giovanni Antonio Lurago and Bartolomeo Scotti.
The shell of the building was completed 1721 and then work continued on the interiors.
The palace was inherited in 1769 by the Thun family.
In 1924, the Italian government bought both palaces, structurally and functionally interconnected, from Jaroslav František Thun and established its embassy in the Czechoslovak Republic here. The Italian Embassy is still housed in the palace.
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The Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (placed under the invocation of St. Michael the Archangel ) is a church catholic located in the heart of the historical center of Menton . Since the road from the seafront , with majestic staircases allow to gradually reach the site where, on a spot in the stalls CALADE triumph whole perspective of the baroque architecture .
At the beginning of the xvii th century, desired by Prince Honoré II of Monaco , its construction was entrusted to the architect Lorenzo Lavagna. TheMay 27 1619The first stone was laid in the presence of the prince and lord Nicolà Spinola, bishop of Ventimiglia which depended Menton and Roquebrune while Monaco depended on the Bishop of Nice. Excavation works actually began in 1639 and the church was opened for worship in 1653 . Finally, theMay 8 1675The bishop of Ventimiglia Monsignor Mauro Promontorio dedicated the new church in the presence of Prince Louis I st . In 1701 , the architect Emmanuel Cantone erects a tower of fifty-three meters high, real watchtower overlooking the city. Its current facade was completed in 1819 in the spirit of the baroque of the xvii th century.
Inside, the vast nave with four bays form a large Latin cross . The choir , preceded by a triumphal arch is decorated with stucco marble with pilasters dishes. A painted wooden statue of 1820 representing Saint Michael slaying the dragon overcomes the altar in polychrome marble. The side chapels are decorated with altarpieces baroque. One is dedicated to Saint Devote . Some had been granted to wealthy families of Menton.
Beautiful organ in the choir (XVII c.) Unknown factor. It has been often attributed to Gio Oltrachino (Jean Utrect), organ builder native of this town, located in Genoa and which is known by many constructions organ archives in Liguria - only one still existing intact in Alassio - and Monaco: the parish church of Saint-Nicolas Monaco dated 1639 (current buffet that of St. Charles church restructured by architect Charles Lenormand and Merklin), that of the palatine chapel (1639) disappeared and another organo portatile the same time also disappeared. Gio Oltracchino died in Genoa in 1647 and the organ of Saint-Michel can not be attributed to him.
In 1999 , the Saint-Michel church is raised to the dignity of minor basilica by Pope John Paul II , and consecrated basilica in January 2000 . Since 1949 , each year in August, the square hosts the famous Festival of Classical Music . She is one of the most visited attractions in the Alpes-Maritimes.
The Basilica (and its square ; other items were enrolled at other dates) is the subject of a classification as historical monuments since 3 March 1947
Sam alla Sacra Casa di Loreto.
La costruzione della chiesa (in ceco: Kostel Narození Páně) e del relativo convento di Loreto ebbe inizio nel 1626, su progetto dell'architetto italiano Giovanni Orsi. Fu finanziata da Katerina, contessa di Lobkowicz, devota della leggenda di Loreto. All'interno vi si custodisce una copia della "Santa Casa" attorno alla quale si articola l'intero complesso di cappelle e chiostri. Agli inizi del XVIII secolo, vi venne aggiunta l'attuale facciata tardo-barocca, sotto la supervisione degli architetti Christopher Dientzenhofer e Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer .
Scenes from Kraków’s historic Old Town — cobbled streets, timeless facades, and everyday moments in motion.
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The River Spree passes some colourful Berlin buildings as it leads to the Berliner Dome. The Berliner Dom is a baroque Cathedral built between 1894 and 1905. It is located on an island in the river Spree in the Mitte borough. The Berlin Cathedral had never been a cathedral in the actual sense of that term since it has never been the seat of a bishop.
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Baroque Painted Hall, part of Greenwich Hospital (London, UK).
Painted by Sir James Thornhill.
The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich (London, UK).
Listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital, which was designed by Christopher Wren, and built between 1696 and 1712.
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The Doric arcade on the east side of the Great Court links the main house (R) to the kitchen wing (L). It is matched on the west side with a link to the stable wing.
Marsaxlokk is a traditional fishing village located in the south-eastern part of Malta, with a population of 3,277 people. The village’s name comes from marsa, which means "port" and xlokk, which is the local name for south east. The word is related to the name for the dry sirocco wind that blows from the Sahara, comparable to the equivalent Catalan word, "xaloc"
It was in the "bay of the sirocco" (Xlokk) that the first Phoenicians landed and set up trading posts on Malta, during the ninth century BC. During the Great Siege of Malta, Marsaxlokk harbor was also used as an anchorage by the Turkish fleet.
Overlooking the northern arm of Marsaxlokk Bay is the hill of Tas-Silġ, which contains remains of megalithic temples of the Tarxien phase, with later alterations resembling the Ħaġar Qim model. Bronze Age material has also been found scattered around the area. From the end of the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD, the hill was used as a religious site, notably as a temple dedicated to Astarte/Hera. Marsaxlokk was part of Zejtun Citta Beland in the past years. The Tas-Silġ site was used again for religious purposes sometime in the 4th century AD, when it was adapted to a new religion, Christianity, and possibly used as a monastery.
In recent decades, the village has been the site for wet bulk operations. Malta's new main power station is here. Discharge of petroleum products takes place mainly at the Enemalta discharge installation point at Birżebbuġa. Apart from this, Oil Tanking (Malta) Ltd. operates an independent oil terminal at Marsaxlokk, which has discharge and loading points along the breakwater pier and offers storage, blending, and bunkering facilities.
New shipping trends and the introduction of large, specialised container vessels meant that, for Malta to take advantage of its position at the crossroads of numerous shipping routes, a new facility for container shipping had to be built. The Malta Freeport Terminal, at Marsaxlokk, has developed into a major container terminal in the Mediterranean, equipped with the latest in technology and serving many of the giant operators in the container carrier sector.
The present-day population of Marsaxlokk is around 4,000. In the past, a great percentage of the population worked as full-time fishermen. The number of working fishermen has decreased, in part because people from other localities have moved to the village.
Beneath gray Galician skies, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela rises like a weathered crown of stone. Every scar on its façade whispers of centuries of pilgrims, storms, and prayers carved into history. The rain-slicked square and the worn steps remind us that this is not just architecture, but a vessel of faith, endurance, and time itself. A gritty soul lingers in the details — baroque grandeur softened by centuries of wind and devotion.
Karlskirche (St. Charles's Church) is a baroque church located on the south side of Karlsplatz in Vienna, Austria. Widely considered the most outstanding baroque church in Vienna, as well as one of the city's greatest buildings, Karlskirche is dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo, one of the great counter-reformers of the sixteenth century. Located on the edge of the Innere Stadt, approximately 200 meters outside the Ringstraße, Karlskirche contains a dome in the form of an elongated ellipsoid. Since Karlsplatz was restored as an ensemble in the late 1980s, Karlskirche has garnered fame due to its dome and its two flanking columns of bas-reliefs, as well as its role as an architectural counterweight to the buildings of the Musikverein and of the Vienna University of Technology. The church is cared for by a religious order, the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star, and has long been the parish church as well as the seat of the Catholic student ministry of the Vienna University of Technology. Next to the Church was the Spitaler Gottesacker. Antonio Vivaldi was buried there.
Altstadt the historic centre of Salzburg, Austria.
It corresponds with the historic city centre, situated on the left and right banks of the Salzach river. It is renowned for its Baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centres north of the Alps.
Salzburg lies on the site of the Roman settlement of Iuvavum. In 696 it became a seat of the archbishop in 798. Its main sources of income were salt extraction, trade, and gold mining. The fortress of Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe, dates from the 11th century. In the 17th century, Salzburg became a centre of the Counter-Reformation, with monasteries and numerous Baroque churches built.
It has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop.
Salzburg's Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many craftsmen and artists before the city became even better known through the work of the Italian architects Vincenzo Scamozzi and Santini Solari, to whom the centre of Salzburg owes much of its Baroque appearance.
Information sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Cathedra Petri (Chair of St. Peter), gilded bronze, gold, wood, stained glass, 1647–53 (apse of Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City)
Malate Church is a church in Manila, Philippines. It is a Baroque-style church which faces a small park and beyond that Manila Bay.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Cathedra Petri (Chair of St. Peter), gilded bronze, gold, wood, stained glass, 1647–53 (apse of Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City)
The Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (placed under the invocation of St. Michael the Archangel ) is a church catholic located in the heart of the historical center of Menton . Since the road from the seafront , with majestic staircases allow to gradually reach the site where, on a spot in the stalls CALADE triumph whole perspective of the baroque architecture .
At the beginning of the xvii th century, desired by Prince Honoré II of Monaco , its construction was entrusted to the architect Lorenzo Lavagna. TheMay 27 1619The first stone was laid in the presence of the prince and lord Nicolà Spinola, bishop of Ventimiglia which depended Menton and Roquebrune while Monaco depended on the Bishop of Nice. Excavation works actually began in 1639 and the church was opened for worship in 1653 . Finally, theMay 8 1675The bishop of Ventimiglia Monsignor Mauro Promontorio dedicated the new church in the presence of Prince Louis I st . In 1701 , the architect Emmanuel Cantone erects a tower of fifty-three meters high, real watchtower overlooking the city. Its current facade was completed in 1819 in the spirit of the baroque of the xvii th century.
Inside, the vast nave with four bays form a large Latin cross . The choir , preceded by a triumphal arch is decorated with stucco marble with pilasters dishes. A painted wooden statue of 1820 representing Saint Michael slaying the dragon overcomes the altar in polychrome marble. The side chapels are decorated with altarpieces baroque. One is dedicated to Saint Devote . Some had been granted to wealthy families of Menton.
Beautiful organ in the choir (XVII c.) Unknown factor. It has been often attributed to Gio Oltrachino (Jean Utrect), organ builder native of this town, located in Genoa and which is known by many constructions organ archives in Liguria - only one still existing intact in Alassio - and Monaco: the parish church of Saint-Nicolas Monaco dated 1639 (current buffet that of St. Charles church restructured by architect Charles Lenormand and Merklin), that of the palatine chapel (1639) disappeared and another organo portatile the same time also disappeared. Gio Oltracchino died in Genoa in 1647 and the organ of Saint-Michel can not be attributed to him.
In 1999 , the Saint-Michel church is raised to the dignity of minor basilica by Pope John Paul II , and consecrated basilica in January 2000 . Since 1949 , each year in August, the square hosts the famous Festival of Classical Music . She is one of the most visited attractions in the Alpes-Maritimes.
The Basilica (and its square ; other items were enrolled at other dates) is the subject of a classification as historical monuments since 3 March 1947
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Cathedra Petri (Chair of St. Peter), gilded bronze, gold, wood, stained glass, 1647–53 (apse of Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Cathedra Petri (Chair of St. Peter), gilded bronze, gold, wood, stained glass, 1647–53 (apse of Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City)
Salzburg, Austria is exceptionally photogenic. Little of its baroque buildings were damaged during WWII bombings and, as a result, the city appears much as it would have to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born and raised in the old city.
San Miguel de Allende is a city located in central Mexico known for its beautiful colonial Spanish-style churches. The architecture of these churches is impressive, with ornate details and unique designs reflecting Spanish influence in the region. These churches are an important example of the rich history and cultural heritage of San Miguel de Allende. Whenever you visit this city, you can't miss the opportunity to explore these architectural wonders and enjoy their beauty.
STA. CRUZ CHURCH, MANILA
The church was first established by the Jesuit Order on June 20, 1619, made of stone and wood. Then, the Jesuits brought the Image of Our Lady of Pilar to the place where its population was predominantly Chinese-Filipino people. After the Second World War, the church was left in ruins except for its bell tower and pieces of its facade.
But, the Jesuits together with concerned citizens were able to restore the church to its present state in 1957, which was designed to reflect the Spanish baroque style. Architects Juan Nakpil and Sons generously donated their services to remodel the sanctuary. Today, the church is undergoing renovation.
Medium: Canon EOS 4000D
Date Taken: December 9, 2023
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