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The British Columbia Parliament Building was completed in 1897. It is a beautiful example of the Baroque and Romanesque Revival styles of architecture.
Skalka, Krakow's Oldest Shrine.
Poland's second holiest sanctuary after the Jasna Gora monastery of Czestochowa lies mostly undisturbed by visitors a five minutes' walk down the Vistula river from the Wawel Royal Castle which swarms with tourists. Here, on a rocky hillock called Skalka, once stood a rotunda church, where king Boleslav II the Bold put to death Krakow bishop Stanislav in 1079. The king was exiled and the late bishop worshiped as a martyr who had exposed excesses of the tyrannical monarch. In 1253 bishop Stanislav was canonized to become the chief patron saint of Poland. Throughout the Middle Ages his cult was pivotal in forming both Polish nation and the country's political culture with its tradition of the accountability of those in power. And Poland’s kings-elects had to come to the Skalka Sanctuary on their coronation to atone for the sins of the predecessors. The present splendid Baroque church of the mid 18th century is the fourth on the site. Nevertheless visitors can still see three dark spots of St. Stanislav's blood on the church wall. Since the 1880s some Polish most illustrious luminaries were posthumously awarded with ceremonial burial in its crypt that is open to the public. The church adjoins a 17th-century Paulinite monastery modeled on a Renaissance castle. Every year on St. Stanislav’s day, May 8, major religious procession led by Krakow bishops gathers Polish notables and immense crowds of the faithful when the saint’s relics are carried from the Skalka sanctuary to the Wawel Cathedral.
Kościół Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła w Krakowie
St. Peter and Paul Church
The oldest baroque building in Poland. It was begun in 1597 by Jozef Britius for the Jesuit Order and completed by Jan Trevano. The stone facade is based on the Roman church Il Gesu. It was comissioned by King Sigismund III Vasa.
Lancaster, England, UK - November 11, 2017: The Edwardian Baroque clock tower of Lancaster Town Hall, seat of Lancaster City Council, rises above the houses of the Northern city.
Nave at il Gesu. The principal church of the Jesuits in Rome, il Gesu was built between 1568 and 1575, to the designs of Vignola and Giacomo della Porta; and Baciccia, Antonio Raggi and Leonardo Retti (nave ceiling). The marble decoration of the nave interior is of a later date.
Luxurious tableware La Salle des buffets with plates, bowls, candles and more.
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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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Die Heidecksburg in Rudolstadt ist das prachtvollste Barockschloss des 18. Jahrhunderts im Freistaat Thüringen.Im hohen Mittelalter noch Besitztum der Grafen von Orlamünde, erwarben im Jahr 1340 die Schwarzburger Grafen die Burg. Von 1574—1918 war sie Residenz der Grafen und späteren Fürsten von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Heidecksburg palace in Rudolstadt is the most magnificent palace from the 18th century in the Free State of Thuringia.The counts of Schwarzburg acquired the palace during the time of the High Middle Ages in 1340 when it was still property of the counts of Orlamuende. From 1574 to 1918 the palace was the residence of the counts and later princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
September 18 2016 - Cusco Cathedral also known as the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Cathedral was completed in 1654 and is located at Plaza de Armas. Cusco, Peru.
House of c.1690 in Dartmouth Row, Lewisham, but subdivided in the late nineteenth century. Two storeys with attic and basement. Red brick with stone dressings. Cyma bracketed eaves cornice. Formerly had roof balustrade. Windows have flat brick arches with stone keystones containing grotesque masks (compare Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster). Renewed windows in flush shutter boxes.
Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman ♦ Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Oaxaca, Mexico
30 Jan. 2014
2014-Mexico 1828
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
Just a partial view of Andrea Pozzo's incredible work in this church. Between the incredible frescoes and the trompe l'oeil painting and illusionist ceiling and dome, this church is a masterpiece of Baroque.
Altar of S. Ignazio by Andrea del Pozzo and others, with lapis lazuli and other decorative marbles. The principal church of the Jesuits in Rome, il Gesu was built between 1568 and 1575, to the designs of Vignola and Giacomo della Porta; and Baciccia, Antonio Raggi and Leonardo Retti (nave ceiling). The marble decoration of the nave interior is of a later date.
The Salon de l'Œil de Bœuf is the second antechamber to the King's bedchamber. The decorations date from 1701.
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.
Stone doorcase with ionic columns, pulvinated frieze, and block bracketed pediment, at Church House, 10 South Grove, Highgate. Early eighteenth-century. This is a red brick house of five bays and three storeys.
St Helen's House, King Street, Derby, built c.1726 for the Gisbourne family (later the home of Joseph Strutt). Ashlar facade. Plain frieze, modillion cornice with large urns on parapet.
former Jesuit Convent
Jezuitský konvikt s kaplí Božího těla
Olomouc, Czech Republic
It is a listed Baroque building belonging to the Baroque architectural complex of the former Jesuit College in the vicinity of the Church of Our Lady of the Snows. It is located at 3 Univerzitní Street next to the former Jesuit School Building
This complex was not built until 1661–1668, when the Olomouc architect Petr Schüller built a three-wing, two-storey building of the so-called Old College on the site of twelve burgher houses.
After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773, the entire building was ceded to the army, which used it until 1994.
Listed as a Czech cultural monument
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Two adjacent doorcases in wood with the cornice supported by brackets at nos 4 and 5, Old Palace Terrace at Richmond Green. This was a speculative development of 1692 by Vertue Radford, a barrister, which was built by William Wollings, a carpenter. It is an early example of a terrace outside London. The houses are of brown brick with red dressings. The doors seen here contain later eighteenth-century fanlights.
One of the windows of the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Majestic Theatre was completed in 1903. Eben Dyer Jordan commissioned architect John Galen Howard to design The Majestic, who was one of only 400 American architects trained at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in the late 1800s.
Ahnengalerie (ancestral Gallery)
On becoming Elector in 1726, Karl Albrecht immediately commissioned his court architect, the French-trained Joseph Effner, to design an ancestral gallery. The young architect François Cuvilliés was also involved in designing the decoration of this magnificent room; Wenzeslaus Miroffsky created the gilt carving on the walls and Johann Baptist Zimmermann of Wessobrunn was responsible for the stucco-work. Over 100 portraits of members of the Wittelsbach family are let into the carved gilt panelling of the gallery.
With the Ancestral Gallery, Karl Albrecht created a splendid monument to draw attention to the rank and connections of the dynasty. It was from this that he derived his claim to the imperial throne, which he successfully advanced in 1742.
the Munich Residenz ♦ Münchner Residenz
Munich, Germany, 2019
IMG_0881 Residenz. Ahnengalerie
Zwinger Palace - pleasure palace of the Saxon Electors and baroque masteriece. Architect: Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, built ca. 1728 by Saxon Elector and Polish King Frederick Augustus..
Formal garden and castle, the garden is 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 for Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle Île, Viscount of Melun and Vaux, the superintendent of finances of Louis XIV. The name means a symbol of power and influence and was intended to reflect the grandeur of Nicolas Fouquet. 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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Steeple of St George's, Bloomsbury.
The steeple, and church, was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661 - 1736).
The stepped tower is influenced by Pliny the Elder's description of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and topped with a statue of King George I in Roman dress. Its statues of fighting lions and unicorns symbolise the recent end of the First Jacobite Rising. The Portico is based on that of the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, Lebanon.
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Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman ♦ Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Oaxaca, Mexico
30 Jan. 2014
2014-Mexico 1868
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.
Facing the Marble Courtyard.
With the King's Apartment looking down on it, this courtyard featured sculpture by Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720).
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.