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Wooden doorcase with fluted pillasters and architrave swept up at centre at 31, Fournier Street, London, an early eighteenth-century house. The area around Christ Church, Spitalfields, previously a tenter ground and market garden, was bought by two lawyers, Charles Wood and Simon Mitchell who leased out plots from 1718 onwards. No. 31, Fournier Street was built by Samuel Worrall, a carpenter, in 1725. The entrance to his yard was between Nos 33 and 35.
Modillion eaves cornice and chamfered quoins from Newdigate House, 64 Castle Gate, Nottingham, which was built for Thomas Newdigate around 1675. Later Marshall Tallard was held prisoner there after the battle of Blenheim. The house is of three storeys with an attic. It is now stuccoed, has ashlar dressings, and a hipped slate roof. The windows are sashes with, at ground-and first-floor floor level, twelve panes (six on six) and moulded ashlar surrounds with alternating triangular and segmental pediments. At second-floor level the windows have lugged architraves and fleurons (as seen here).
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
Finial on area railings at 4, Fournier Street, Spitalfields, London, an early-eighteenth century house. The area around Christ Church, Spitalfields, previously a tenter ground and market garden, was bought by two lawyers, Charles Wood and Simon Mitchell who leased out plots from 1718 onwards. No. 4, Fournier Street was built by Marmaduke Smith, a carpenter.
French Baroque castle artwork. Many items on the property were taken by the King after the arrest of Fouquet. The current owners still try to recover these lost objects.
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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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Service buildings in brick and stone flanking the avant-cour. Vaux-le-Vicomte was originally planned to be constructed in brick and stone, but after the mid-century, as the middle classes began to imitate this style, aristocratic circles began using stone exclusively. Rather late in the design process, Fouquet and Le Vau switched to stone.
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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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May 2019.
Central London Outdoor Group (CLOG) long weekend in Turin.
Venaria's Palace was built in the 17th century in Baroque style for Charles Emmanuel 11, one of the Savoy dukes.
Late-seventeenth- or early-eighteenth century group of brown brick houses with red dressings. Doorcase with flat hood on elaborately carved scroll brackets, the frieze with winged cherubim and deeply-carved festoons.
Nineteenth-century area railings and ironwork at the Rectory, 2 Fournier Street, Spitalfields. The house designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and built in 1726-29 for £1,456. The area around Christ Church, Spitalfields, previously a tenter ground and market garden, was bought by two lawyers, Charles Wood and Simon Mitchell who leased out plots from 1718 onwards.
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
April 22, 2022 - "Saint Charles Borromeo's Church, locally known under the Latin name of Sint-Carolus Borromeus, was built between 1614 and 1621 on instructions of the Jesuit order. Hardly a square foot was untouched by art works, and there are dozens of 17th century depictions of the church, it apparently being a popular travel destination at the time.
Among the art works, were 39 ceiling paintings by Peter Paul Rubens (his studio, and with assistance of Anthony Van Dyck), Antwerp's foremost and one of the world's most famed baroque painters. Unfortunately they have all gone now, after a fire destroyed them and many other works in 1718. The church was subsequently rebuilt and opened its doors again. Sketches of about half of the ceiling paintings by Rubens have been preserved and are distributed in various art collections around the world.
The church received its present name only in 1803, when the church became a parish church, after the Jesuit order was disbanded by the pope.
The facade of the church is impressive and is higher than the church building itself. It is inspired by the Jesuit's mother church in Rome, the Gesu, which was built some 4 decades earlier. The sumptuous decoration on the facade is partly attributable to Peter Paul Rubens.
The High Altar of the church is most remarkable. Behind the altar is a large chest which contains 4 different canvasses. With a system of pulleys, the paintings can be changed throughout the year, according to the liturgical religious year. Two of the original paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, were requisitioned by Empress Maria Theresia of Austria in 1776.
Impressive art works in the church further include two long rows of wooden confessionals, all with sculptures of angels in front. Wooden panels also depict the lives of two of the Jesuit's order principal saints : Saint Ignatius and Saint Francis Xavier.
The Lady Chapel on the right side of the church, is exuberantly decorated with marble, paintings and sculptures. The chapel is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The painting 'The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary', a copy after Peter Paul Rubens, is displayed behind the altar. Also here, the original painting by Rubens, was 'purchased' by the Empress Maria Theresia in 1776. The ceiling relief in stucco was also designed by Rubens (who seems to have been a profligate designer as well as a painter).
Some parts of the church are only open on certain days (wednesday when we checked lately). They include the Sacristy, which is a repository for textile hangings and vestments from the 17th and 18th centuries, and the Lace Room.
The tower of Saint Charles Borromeo's Church is not visible when you enter from the main facade. It is located along Sint-Katelijnevest, and dates from around 1617 to 1721. The splendid tower has only recently been restored.
Saint Charles Borromeo's Church offers outstanding baroque architecture, outside and inside. It is unfortunate that so many buildings have been built adjacent to the church, preventing it being viewed unhindered." Previous text from the following website: www.discoverflanders.com/antwerp-carolusborromeus.asp
The former seminary of St. Francis Xavier (now the Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology of Palacký University).
Olomouc, Moravia, Czechia
Built 1717- 1720
The building of the former seminary of St. Francis Xavier was chosen as the seat for the renewed Olomouc university. This location was personally chosen by Emperor Joseph II during his stay in Olomouc in September 1783, and therefore there is a plaque with the inscription OPTIMARUM ARTIUM LUDIS JOSEPHUS II AUG above the entrance to the building
a military hospital was established in the building during the Great War. After the abolition of Czech universities by the Nazis, the building was the headquarters of the Hitler Youth during the Protectorate.
The large three-story corner house with a high Baroque façade and two wings stands in the historic center of the city in the vicinity of other university buildings and the Sarkander Chapel. The ground floor is separated from the upper floors by a richly profiled cornice, the façade is articulated by pilaster strips, the windows of the first floor are decorated with chambranles and suprafenestra. The window above the entrance has a pediment with a cartouche with signs of episcopal dignity in the middle. On the first floor of the corner, there is a statue of St. Wenceslas in a niche. On the wall facing Mahlerova Street there is a memorial plaque by sculptor Bohumil Teplý, which commemorates Gregor Mendel's studies at the local university. The entrance to the building is created by a gate with a semicircular end and stucco decoration, which emphasizes the central part of the ground floor. Above the entrance is a stone plaque with an inscription commemorating the founding of the lyceum in 1783. The portal leads to a barrel vaulted passage in which a memorial plaque with reliefs of Saints Cyril and Methodius is installed. It was created by sculptor Julius Pelikán on the occasion of the renovation of the building in 1936.
Listed as a Czech cultural monument
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New Square at Lincoln's Inn, which contains eleven sets of legal chambers, was begun by Henry Serle in 1680, largely on his own land. Members of the Inn objected to this development, but, after an agreement of 1682, the square was adapted for its benefit. Serle died in 1690 and the work was completed by Nicholas Barbon. New Square is built of brown brick with red brick dressings. The stone doorcases have architraves and pulvinated friezes, and the cornices, carried on consoles, have broken pediments.
French Baroque castle (Est.1658) front facade, many art elements and decorations. The three arched doors with glass doors were originally only closed using a fence.
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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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Service buildings in brick and stone flanking the avant-cour. Vaux-le-Vicomte was originally planned to be constructed in brick and stone, but after the mid-century, as the middle classes began to imitate this style, aristocratic circles began using stone exclusively. Rather late in the design process, Fouquet and Le Vau switched to stone.
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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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SPanoramic view over Dresden from the tower of the Kreuzkirche (Church of the Holy Cross) in the historic Altstadt. From this famous viewpoint you can see the Frauenkirche, Semperoper, Elbe River, and the iconic Baroque skyline that makes Dresden one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. The rooftops, churches and classical architecture offer a perfect cityscape and travel photography location, especially at sunset or golden hour. Ideal for anyone looking for Dresden skyline views, architecture photography, city panorama, and historic city views in Saxony.
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Grodzka street (Old Town, by the Royal Road)
17th-century grandest Baroque after Rome’s del Gesu. Ornate white stone facade with sculptures, mighty dome. Crypt with the sarcophagus of Father Skarga, famous 17th-century Jesuit preacher. Larger-than-life stone statues of 12 Apostles above the front fence are replicas of the 18th-century late Baroque originals moved to the side yard.
Perspective view French Baroque castle (Est.1658) and forecourt platform surrounded by a medieval moat. The moat is the only remain of a defensive type of castle replaced by the new one.
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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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Paço Episcopal Bracarense, now Biblioteca Pública de Braga,
Praça do Município, Braga, Portugal
Archbishop José de Bragança, a royal bastard, intitiated the construction of this building in 1751
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part of former Archbishop's Palace complex, this building now serves as the public library
Praça do Município, Braga, Portugal
November 17, 2017
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Eighteenth-century house (pre-1753) at 30, Dartmouth Row, Lewisham, in brown brick with a stone coped parapet. Five bays. The roof is a mansard with slates and square dormers with sashes. The central window at first-floor level (see here), above the main door, has a moulded stone architrave with lugs and a triple keystone.
42, Royal Hill, Greenwich, is an eighteenth-century house now of multi-coloured stock brick that was much rebuilt in the nineteenth century, leaving only the early eighteenth-century doorcase visible. This is made of wood, with fluted pilasters supporting an entablature and a moulded and modillioned cornice which projects at either end above the capitals. Below the architrave there is an open pediment supported by two moulded cornices on small consoles.
Frieze with festoons of grapes from the mid-eighteenth century fireplace in the Long Gallery, Gray's Court, York.
Doorcase (seen from below) with corinthian pilasters, entablature with dentil cornice, looking up towards the eaves cornice at Church Row, Wandsworth. This is one of a terrace of six houses, all of three storeys over basements, and constructed of brown brick with red brick dressings to segmental window arches and jambs. The houses were built in 1723 (see inscription on the sundial, 'AD1723 Vigilate et Orate', meaning 'Watch and Pray'). Sash windows have flush frames. The front doors are approached up flights of steps. The houses have iron railings to forecourts and entrances.
Nineteenth-century area railings and ironwork at the Rectory, 2 Fournier Street, Spitalfields. The house designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and built in 1726-29 for £1,456. The area around Christ Church, Spitalfields, previously a tenter ground and market garden, was bought by two lawyers, Charles Wood and Simon Mitchell who leased out plots from 1718 onwards.
Baroque castle chamber intended for the King, ground floor and facing the garden. The King will never sleep here but arrested Nicolas Fouquet.
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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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Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman ♦ Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Oaxaca, Mexico
30 Jan. 2014
2014-Mexico 1838
French Baroque castle (Est.1658) from the main entrance side. From this point you can't see the medieval moat surrounding the castle and a large square in front of it. The ongoing restoration planning shows a castle in a perfect state but still so many hard to see small details have to be done.
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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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