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Bristol Open House 2010, Photograph by James Russiello, September 11, 2010
The Royal Fort House is a historic house in Tyndalls Park, Bristol. The building currently houses the University of Bristol's Faculty of Science offices, Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research and the Cabot Institute.
The house was built for Thomas Tyndall KCB, in the 18th century, on the site of bastions which were fought over during the English Civil War and demolished in 1655. The Baroque, Palladian and Rococo styles of architecture are because of the work of three different architects: James Bridges, Thomas Paty, John Wallis. The garden was laid out by Humphry Repton around 1800.
The design of the mid-eighteenth-century house by James Bridges, for Thomas Tyndall KCB, was a compromise between the separate designs of architects Thomas Paty, John Wallis and himself. This led to different classical styles: Baroque, Palladian and Rococo, for three of the facades of the house. It was built between 1758 and 1761, by Thomas Paty with plasterwork by Thomas Stocking.
A later Colonel Thomas Tyndall employed Humphry Repton from 1799 to landscape the gardens which form a small part of Tyndall's Park, which extended to Whiteladies Road in the west, Park Row in the south and Cotham Hill to the north. Over the years large parts of the park were sold for housing development, as the site for the Bristol Grammar School, purchased in 1877, and only a small part of the original area remains, as Royal Fort Gardens. The siting of drives in the Royal Fort park is still reflected in street plans today.
The current stone gatehouse, built in the Victorian era and known as the Royal Fort Lodge, stands at the entrance to the driveway leading to Royal Fort House. It currently houses the University of Bristol security services.
The house has been designated by Historic England as a grade I listed building.
the old Town Hall from the late Habsburg days, put into use as part of the town theater
Rynek - Legnica - Silesia - Poland
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Decoration in the South Parterre
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.
Dresdner Zwinger
Dresden, Germany - June 1, 2017
From Wikipedia:
"The Zwinger (German: Dresdner Zwinger) is a palace in the eastern German city of Dresden, built in Baroque style and designed by court architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. It served as the orangery, exhibition gallery and festival arena of the Dresden Court....
...Today, the Zwinger is a museum complex that contains the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery), the Dresden Porcelain Collection (Dresdener Porzellansammlung) and the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon (Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments)."
Early-eighteenth century. Flat hood on elaborately carved scroll brackets with an infant's face. Carved wooden doorcase with foliated moulding. Rectangular fanlight.
Looking along the 239.5 ft gallery.
The Hall of Mirrors (Grande Galerie or Galerie des Glaces) lies between the Salon de la Guerre (War Room) and the Salon de la Paix (Room of Peace); it is 239ft long with 17 arcaded windows faced by a wall of 17 arches, each containing 29 mirrors.
The hall was built in the Palace's third phase of construction (1678-84), and work began in 1678.
The Hall was only used for ceremonies on exceptional occasions, when sovereigns wanted to lend splendour to diplomatic receptions or regal weddings.
In 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Wilhelm I of Prussia was declared Emperor of Germany in the Hall. In 1919 the French Prime Minister Clemenceau chose this location as the site for Germany to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
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.
Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman ♦ Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Oaxaca, Mexico
30 Jan. 2014
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the former Prussian royal Palace in Wroclaw
architect: Lucas von Hildebrandt
In 1750, the building was bought by the King of Prussia, Frederick II the Great; From that time on, it was called the royal palace, sometimes also called Frederician Palace.
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Avenida Central, Braga, Portugal
17 November 2017
André Soares, architect. 1703-1717 (facade etc)
The church, a project from the architect André Soares, is flanked on the top by two bell towers, one of which was finished in the 1960s.
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Saint John the Baptist Church / Kościół św. Jana Chrzciciela
Legnica, Poland
Built 1714-1729 by the Jesuits
Prior to 1648 this had been a protestant congregation
Turbovský palác, palác Turbů
also called the House at the Black Griffin or At the Three Silver Stars
The original Renaissance house was rebuilt in the Baroque style at the end of the 17th century. A fire in 1765 was followed by a reconstruction into its current Rococo form, carried out in 1767–1768 according to a project by Josef Jäger for František Xaver Turba (1719–1781).
With a break, it has been the seat of the Japanese Embassy in Prague since 1924.
Maltese Square / Maltézské náměstí
Malá strana, Prague, Czech Republic
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Canon's residence
13 Wurmova Street
Olomouc, Czechia
Building has a gothic and renaissance core and an 'oriel' chapel in the rear
The front and a side wing wee built around 1680 by the canon, Ferdinand Baron Schröffel von Schröffelheim (!)
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In the Hall of Mirrors
The Hall of Mirrors (Grande Galerie or Galerie des Glaces) lies between the Salon de la Guerre (War Room) and the Salon de la Paix (Room of Peace); it is 239ft long with 17 arcaded windows faced by a wall of 17 arches, each containing 29 mirrors.
The hall was built in the Palace's third phase of construction (1678-84), and work began in 1678.
The Hall was only used for ceremonies on exceptional occasions, when sovereigns wanted to lend splendour to diplomatic receptions or regal weddings.
In 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Wilhelm I of Prussia was declared Emperor of Germany in the Hall. In 1919 the French Prime Minister Clemenceau chose this location as the site for Germany to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
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.
Visit to the Austrian National Library on Wednesday May 21st, 2025 during the Joint Meeting Vienna. We went as a group before our gala dinner. The library in German is Österreichische Nationalbibliothek and is located at Josefsplatz 1, 1015 Wien. This is truly one of the most stunning libraries I have ever visited. The public area is the State Hall, built in the Baroque style in the 18th century by Emperor Charles the VI whose statue sits in the middle of the space.
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Oaxaca, Mexico
28 January 2014
The Catedral de Oaxaca, also referred to as Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, is the third to be built as the first two were destroyed by large earthquakes in the 16th and 18th centuries.Construction of this third church began in 1702 and it was consecrated in 1733. Its facade is made of the green cantera stone commonly found in Oaxaca's buildings.
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Spectacular garden view from the rear garden front of the castle. It's stunning to see the lanscape along the three-kilometer long axis of the estate.
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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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The Church of Saint Joseph’s Care (Kościół Opieki św. Józefa) is one of the most beautiful sanctuaries in Warsaw. Designed in 1727 by Karol Bay, build between 1728 - 1733 and between 1754 - 1763 by Efraim Szroeger. The sculptures, the stuccos, the pulpit and the main altar were designed by E. Szroeger, made in the workshop of Jan Jerzy Plersch. The cloister has Baroque buildings dating back to XVII - XVIII century. In the cloister you can find a wooden Calvary (Way of the cross) from the first half of the XVIII century. In 1986, in front of the church, a monument of cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, designed by Andrzej Renes was placed.
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also called Church of St. Joseph of the Visitationists
sculptures of apostles virgins and martyrs adorn the towers.....
architect: Cayetano de Sigüenza
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In the Hall of Mirrors
The Hall of Mirrors (Grande Galerie or Galerie des Glaces) lies between the Salon de la Guerre (War Room) and the Salon de la Paix (Room of Peace); it is 239ft long with 17 arcaded windows faced by a wall of 17 arches, each containing 29 mirrors.
The hall was built in the Palace's third phase of construction (1678-84), and work began in 1678.
The Hall was only used for ceremonies on exceptional occasions, when sovereigns wanted to lend splendour to diplomatic receptions or regal weddings.
In 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Wilhelm I of Prussia was declared Emperor of Germany in the Hall. In 1919 the French Prime Minister Clemenceau chose this location as the site for Germany to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
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.
Lower section of a carved end console bracket supporting a pediment and enclosing a carved spandrel, located above the main door to the Corn Exchange built in 1706 by Sir Cloudesley Shovell, M.P. for Rochester.
Castle (Est.1658) with Herm figures fence. The fence artworks are by Mathieu Lespagnandelle (1616–1689), created between 1659 and 1661, some busts were not finished because of Nicolas Fouquet’s arrest. These busts have the particularity of having a double head in order to be seen from the exterior as well as inside the domain. Eight in total representing Hercule, Zéphyr, Vulcain, Apollon, Cérès, Mercury, Minerva and Flora.
These are just some of the many sculptures and statues at the estate created in the 17th century by famous sculptors.
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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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Basement staff dining room, it must be clear the castle and estate required much more than 16 persons.
The kitchen is opposite the dining room, but communicates with the buffet on the ground floor through the longitudinal corridor. Two lateral corridors were added in 1659 on the orders of Vatel, then head waiter of Nicolas Fouquet.
The basement is partly buried, which allows the establishment of a massed plan. A longitudinal corridor crosses the basement, occupied by the kitchens, pantries and officers' rooms.
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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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Church of St. John of Nepomuk in the New Town of Prague by Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer, 1730s.
Kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého na Skalce
Prague
photographed March 1995
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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.
Cumberland House, 9 Kings Straith, York, built circa 1710 by William Cornwall, tanner, brewer and twice Lord Mayor. Orange-red brick in Flemish bond with ashlar quoins. Raised first-floor band looking up towards oversailing timber eaves cornice above a moulded frieze.
Estate cottage at Burnham Overy, Norfolk, with fragments of sculpture by Peter Scheemakers. These were formerly part of the 'Seat on the Mount' on an artificial hillock, the New Mount, in the gardens a Holkham. William Kent began designing these garden buildings in 1737. The New Mount itself was created in 1742 and the 'Seat on the Mount' in 1743.