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St Coloman in winter. View from the north along Coloman Strasse, Tannheimer Mountains in the background.
The Semperoper - Dresden Opera House
Category: concert hall
Location: Theater Square, Dresden, Germany
Built: 1841 (rebuilt after fire - 1878)
Architect: Gottfried Semper
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French Baroque castle (Est.1658) garden front facade, almost the whole day facing the sun overlooking the park and gardens.
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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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Mars from the chimneypiece attributed to Francesco Fanelli in the Great Hall at Ham House.The core of the house was built by Thomas Vavasour, a naval captain, between 1608 and 1610. It had an H-plan and was of standard Jacobean type, built of brick with stone dressings, but was much altered in the later seventeenth century. In 1626 the house was acquired by William Murray, a courtier close to Charles I, who modernised it in 1637-39. The staircase and suite of first floor rooms leading from it date from this period (the Round Gallery, North Drawing Room, Long Gallery and Green Closet). The design and furnishing of these rooms was directed by Franz Cleyn, the Danish artist who worked for Charles I. The chimneypiece in the Great Hall with figures of Mars and Minerva is attributed to Francesco Fanelli, a Florentine sculptor who also worked for the king. Murray supported the king during the Civil War and was created earl of Dysart in 1651 but died in 1655 before the Restoration. Following the death of Murray's wife, Katherine Bruce, in 1649, the house passed to their eldest daughter, Elizabeth Dysart, who had married Sir Lionel Tollemache in 1648. After his death in 1669 she married John Maitland, 2nd earl of Lauderdale, a member of Charles II's cabal, and Secretary of State for Scotland. Between 1672 and 1674 they employed the gentleman architect Sir William Samwell to add a new south front to Ham with matching suites of apartments for themselves on the ground floor and a state apartment for Catherine of Braganza on the floor above.
5 White's Row, Spitafields, dates from around 1733-35 but the builder is not known. At this period houses on the south side of the street were owned by Nathaniel Shepherd of St Albans. In 1743 and 1759 the occupant was Thomas Jervis. The house is of yellow brick, double fronted and five bays wide. It has three storeys with a semi-basement and an attic with dormer windows in the mansard roof. The main windows have flush frames with red brick gauged segmental arches. At first floor level, flanking the door, the windows are wider and have a tripartite division. The wooden doorcase follows designs published by James Gibbs and Batty Langley. It is decorated with a carved mask of a bearded man below a scallop shell and has an architrave supported by carved scrolls. The door has four fielded panels. It is reached by stone steps. There is a lamp arch and the front areas have wrought-iron railings with urn finials.
Wentworth Woodhouse was largely the creation of Thomas Watson-Wentworth, Lord Malton from 1728, earl of Malton from 1734, and marquess of Rockingham from 1746. The building was developed in two main phases. The first, the west side, dates from between 1724 and 1728 and is constructed of brick. The design has been attributed to William Thornton, even though he died as early as 1722, because it makes use of ideas from Rossi's 'Studio di architettura civile' (1702), a source used in other buildings by Thornton, including Beningbrough Hall. (The second phase was focussed on the east side - which is gigantic in scale - dating from between 1731 and 1751 and faced in stone. It was begun by Ralph Tunnicliffe and completed by Henry Flitcroft). The earlier west front is brick in Flemish bond. The centre section is faced with ashlar sandstone, which is also used for the dressings. This front is two storeys high with single storey wings above half-basements. On either side of the central section (not seen here) are curved Venetian windows. The basement windows have arched and rusticated surrounds and those at ground-floor level have architraves with projecting voussoirs (wedge-shaped stones forming an arch).
St. Nicholas Church / Kostel svatého Mikuláše
(lower) Malostranské náměstí
Malá Strana, Prague
The church was built between 1704 and 1755 on the site where formerly a Gothic church from the 13th century stood, which was also dedicated to Saint Nicholas. After the victory of the Catholic Habsburgs in the Battle of White Mountain (8 November 1620) in 1625, the previously Utraquist church was handed over to the Jesuits together with the neighboring buildings. The construction was made possible mainly by a large donation from Václav Libštejnský from the noble family of the Counts of Kolowrat, who donated his entire fortune to the construction of the new church before joining the Order.
After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1775, St. Nicholas' Church became the Catholic parish church of the Lesser Town.
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Margarethenkapelle (Margaret's Chapel) is a small, Gothic-style chapel in St Peter Cemetery in Altstadt the historic centre of Salzburg, Austria.
It is a small Gothic style chapel named after St Margaret on Antioch who was a Christian Martyr in the 4th Century. The chapel is known for its beautiful architecture and artwork including intricate frescoes and sculptures.
The chapel is believed to have been built in the 14th Century and is one of the few remaining examples of Gothic architecture in Salzburg. The chapel is decorated with frescoes depicting scenes from the life of St Margret, as well as sculptures of saints and other religious figures. The artwork is considered to be some of the finest examples of Gothic art in Austria.
One of the most notable features of Margarethenkapelle is the ornate altarpiece which is made of carved wood and is considered to be a masterpiece of Gothic art.
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In 1701 Louis XIV moved his bedchamber into the drawing room lying east-west in the Palace, facing the rising sun. The three glazed doors into the Hall of Mirrors at the back were blocked off so as to form an alcove for the bed, with a carved and gilded wood balustrade separating the alcove from the rest of the chamber and over the bed a stucco allegory of France watching over the King in his slumber by Nicolas Coustou. It was in this chamber, become the visible sanctuary of the monarchy, that Louis XIV lunched en petit couvert (in relative privacy) and the ceremonies of the King’s rising and retiring took place every day. It was likewise in this chamber that Louis XIV died on 1 September 1715 after reigning for 72 years.
The chamber’s opulent decor of gold and silver brocade on a crimson ground forms a backdrop to paintings chosen by Louis XIV: The Four Evangelists and Paying Caesar’s Taxes by Le Valentin and Giovanni Lanfranco on the upper walls, Saint John the Baptist by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo above the door, Mary Magdalene by Le Dominiquin and two portraits of Antoon Van Dyck. On the two mantelpieces installed during the reign of Louis XV stand a bust of Louis XIV by Antoine Coysevox and a barometer clock and four candelabra that belonged to the Comte de Provence, Louis XVI’s brother.
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The Palace of Versailles was created at the instruction of Louis XIV, and was the centre of French government and power from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until Louis XVI and the royal family was forced to return to the capital in 1789.
The chateau is built around a hunting lodge established by by Louis XIII, and was created in four phases: 1664–68, 1669–72, 1678–84 and 1699–1710, by the architects Le Vau, Le Nôtre, and Le Brun.
A panoramic view of Salzburg, Austria, captured with the Leica D-Lux 8, known for its distinctive rendering and elegant handling.
The historic Hohensalzburg Fortress dominates the skyline, standing proudly above the baroque city and against the majestic backdrop of the Northern Alps.
This image highlights the layered beauty of Salzburg – from its ornate domes and church towers to the green ridges and distant blue mountains beyond.
The scene combines urban history, natural grandeur, and architectural harmony in a single frame.
14, Fournier Street, London (first known as Church Street), was built under a lease of 1726. The area around Christ Church, Spitalfields, previously a tenter ground and market garden, was bought by two lawyers, Charles Wood of Lincoln's Inn and Simon Michell of the Middle Temple, and developed between 1718 and 1728 as what has become known as the Wood-Mitchell estate. On 26 July 1726 the lease for No. 14 was granted by Wood and Michell to William Tayler, joiner, witnessed by Samuel Worrall. The wooden doorcase has eight panels (probably reduced to insert the fanlight) and panelled reveals. It has Ionic three-quarter columns (seen here) which are fluted and carry a curved hood with coffering.
Lead bust in a niche on the north front of Ham House. The core of the house was built by Thomas Vavasour, a naval captain, between 1608 and 1610. It had an H-plan and was of standard Jacobean type, built of brick with stone dressings, but was much altered in the later seventeenth century. In 1626 the house was acquired by William Murray, a courtier close to Charles I, who modernised it in 1637-39. The staircase and suite of first floor rooms leading from it date from this period (the Round Gallery, North Drawing Room, Long Gallery and Green Closet). The design and furnishing of these rooms was directed by Franz Cleyn, the Danish artist who worked for Charles I. Murray supported the king during the Civil War and was created earl of Dysart in 1651 but died in 1655 before the Restoration. Following the death of Murray's wife, Katherine Bruce, in 1649, the house passed to their eldest daughter, Elizabeth Dysart, who had married Sir Lionel Tollemache in 1648. After his death in 1669 she married John Maitland, 2nd earl of Lauderdale, a member of Charles II's cabal, and Secretary of State for Scotland. Between 1672 and 1674 they employed the gentleman architect Sir William Samwell to add a new south front to Ham with matching suites of apartments for themselves on the ground floor and a state apartment for Catherine of Braganza on the floor above. Some of Vavasour's house remains visible on the north front. The lead busts in oval niches below the first-floor windows on this front - one of which is seen here - were inserted c.1800 having been removed from the forecourt wall.
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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Valletta Harbour. Beautiful place and a huge very deep water harbour. You can see why us British used is as a base for the HQ for the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet back in the day
Plasterwork ceiling to the staircase at Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire. Wentworth Castle was built by Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Lord Raby, who after 1711 became 1st earl of Strafford (of the second creation). Raby purchased Stainborough Park in 1708 which he renamed Wentworth Castle in 1731. The estate was chosen because it was only six miles away from Wentworth Woodehouse which Raby considered he should have inherited instead of Thomas Watson. The enlargement and renaming of Stainborough was therefore done in a spirit of bitter rivalry and as a bid for the extinct earldom of Strafford (which Raby eventually obtained). The house was enlarged with a new east range designed by Johann de Bodt between 1710 and 1720, although his plans were modified by James Gibbs and William Thornton, the Yorkshire carpenter and builder. The cantilevered stone staircase at the north end has a wrought-iron balustrade, pedimented doorcases and extensive plasterwork including large medallions of Fame and Perseus. The internal plasterwork has been attributed to the stuccatori Giuseppe Artari and Giovanni Bagutti but their names do not appear in the Strafford papers, and Francesco Vassalli has been proposed instead.
Valletta Harbour. Beautiful place and a huge very deep water harbour. You can see why us British used is as a base for the HQ for the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet back in the day
Holy Trinity Church of Peace in Świdnica, Poland
- a UNESCO world heritage site
- built 1656-1657
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Mickelgate House, 88-90 Mickelgate, York, built for Sir John Bouchier of Beningbrough by John Carr, dated 1752. Open string main main staircase to first floor. Cantilevered stairs with three balusters, alternately turned, fluted and twisted to each tread. Moulded serpentine handrail.
The pilgrimage church of Wies (German: Wieskirche) is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann, who spent the last eleven years of his life in a nearby dwelling. It is located in the foothills of the Alps, the Steingaden municipality of the Weilheim-Schongau district, Bavaria, Germany.
In 1738 tears were seen on a dilapidated wooden figure of the Scourged Saviour. This miracle resulted in a pilgrimage rush to see the sculpture. In 1740 a small chapel was built to house the statue, but it was soon realized that the building would be too small for the number of pilgrims it attracted, and thus Steingaden Abbey decided to commission a separate shrine. Many people who have prayed in front of the statue of Jesus on the altar have claimed that people have been miraculously cured of their diseases, which has made this church even more of a pilgrimage site.
In contrast to the riotous interior, the exterior of the church does not display the ostentatious theatricality and striving for effect typical of that time.
In contrast to the riotous interior, the exterior of the church does not display the ostentatious theatricality and striving for effect typical of that time.
Construction took place between 1745 and 1754, and the interior was decorated in stuccowork in the tradition of the Wessobrunner School. "Everything was done throughout the church to make the supernatural visible. Sculpture and murals combined to unleash the divine in visible form"[1]. The church, commonly regarded as Zimmermann's final masterpiece, was secularized in the beginning of the 19th century. Subsequently, protests of local farmers saved this jewel of rococo architecture and design from being sold and demolished. The Wieskirche was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983 and underwent massive restoration in 1985-91.
F. e Chiesa della Natività al tramonto.
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 .
Rotunda of Mosta, The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady or Rotunda of St Marija Assunta. Sometimes called The Mosta Dome is a church in Malta. A miracle happened her during World War 2 when a German 500lb bomb smashed through the roof and into church floor in the middle of 300 worshipers. The bomb did not explode and nobody was killed or seriously injured. Beautiful building.
June 25, 2023 - San Nicolás de Bilbao (San Nikolas Eliza) "The church of San Nicolás de Bari enjoys a privileged location in the centre of Bilbao, a short distance from Plaza Nueva and Teatro Arriaga and facing the Areatza park. This lovely church was designed by the Basque architect Ignacio Ibero, and was built between 1743 and 1756.
However, its history dates back to a time when the El Arenal de Bilbao promenade was no more than a stretch of sand on the edge of the Nervión estuary, which was subject to regular flooding. This area later became a fishing quarter, and it was the fishermen who, in medieval times, built a hermitage there to honour Saint Nicolás de Bari, the patron saint of seafarers. As the population increased, this tiny hermitage was enlarged until it became a parish church. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by flooding in 1553.
The church of San Nicolás has a Greek cross floor plan set within a square. Considering that Ignacio Ibero had been tasked with continuing Carlo Fontana’s project for the famous sanctuary of Loyola, it seems logical that the Roman architect’s design would influence Ibero’s decision to use a central floor plan in his design for the Bilbao church. These kinds of floor plans always create small dead spaces in the remaining corners, which, in the church of San Nicolás, contain the chapels and the sacristy.
The church’s façade, constructed like the rest of the building from hewn Ganguren stone, reflects a Baroque style remarkable for its austere character in comparison with the Roman Jesuit churches of the Gesù and San Ignacio. This simplicity is evident in its windows and in the fine pilasters and cornices that cover the frontage, directing attention towards the focal point, the main entrance, above which a tympanum frames two lions rampant with the shield of Bilbao between. The cast bronze relief above the door is the work of the Barcelona sculptor Josep Llimona, and is the result of a renovation of the main entrance at the end of the nineteenth century.
The ruggedness of the lower part of the building gives way to a lightness in the upper part of the façade, where the church’s two robust towers are capped with crosses. The breathtaking interior cupola appears from outside the building as an octagonal prism, although its presence is somewhat obscured by the belfry that surmounts the façade." Previous description from the following website: www.barcelo.com/guia-turismo/en/spain/bilbao/things-to-do...
Chamfered quoins on the west front of Ham House. The core of the house was built by Thomas Vavasour, a naval captain, between 1608 and 1610. It had an H-plan and was of standard Jacobean type, built of brick with stone dressings, but was much altered in the later seventeenth century. In 1626 the house was acquired by William Murray, a courtier close to Charles I, who modernised it in 1637-39. Murray supported the king during the Civil War and was created earl of Dysart in 1651 but died in 1655 before the Restoration. Following the death of Murray's wife, Katherine Bruce, in 1649, the house passed to their eldest daughter, Elizabeth Dysart, who had married Sir Lionel Tollemache in 1648. After his death in 1669 she married John Maitland, 2nd earl of Lauderdale, a member of Charles II's cabal, and Secretary of State for Scotland. Between 1672 and 1674 they employed the gentleman architect Sir William Samwell to add a new south front to Ham with matching suites of apartments for themselves on the ground floor and a state apartment for Catherine of Braganza on the floor above.