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French Baroque castle (Est.1658) garden front facade, almost the whole day facing the sun overlooking the park and gardens. Nitice that the small bridge between the castle and garden is open.
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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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Baroque land, the Principality of Monaco and the County of Nice is an architectural ensemble that nothing connects to the French model.
The baroque character of the place St. Michael , complemented by the role of design, form one of the most beautiful urban ensembles of the coast. This set is the realization of a long evolution whose point of departure from Saint-Michel building greatly contributing to the monumentality of the whole; a series of divergent orientations ramps connecting the cathedral square in Long Street opposite the Palace of aristocratic Pretti of SAINT AMBROSE built in the mid-fifteenth century and refurbished in the mid seventeenth century.
Overlooking the sea, the facades of the Saint-Michel Basilica and the Chapel of the White Penitents silhouetted against the clear sky. The construction of the Saint-Michel church, begun in 1640 during the reign of Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, continues for several centuries. The facade is rebuilt in 1819 in the style and spirit of the seventeenth century, smooth drums columns and Ionic capitals and the second level twin columns and Corinthian capitals.
Slightly shifted, the White Penitents chapel offers a much decorated façade. Built in 1687, the pinnacles, friezes, garlands play with light ocher, yellow and pink.
Much lower on the seafront, Bastion, a small fortress built in 1636-1639 by Prince Honoré II, is the only example of baroque military in Menton. This fort, which was the "city of the army head," is in advanced rocky promontory that carries all of the old town. After being assigned to various uses, it now houses the Bastion museum.
The Rotunda lounge or Grand Salon on the garden siede, a unique piece of architecture. The whole, formed by the vestibule and this large space, forms like a central span. This arrangement, also known as a "lantern", allows the visitor to have a view through the axis of the main courtyard-porch-vestibule-alley in perspective of the gardens located on the other side, around which revolve two parts autonomous each with a staircase..
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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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July 5, 2023 - A view of Santuário de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios from Jardim da Avenida Visconde Guedes Teixeira.
"Built on top of Mount St. Stephen (Monte de Santo Estêvão), between the 18th and 20th centuries, this Marian shrine is visited by pilgrims from all over the country - especially on September 8, the day of the Nativity of the Virgin and the high point of the feasts in honour of Our Lady of Remedies, which usually include fireworks, musical shows and various sports and recreational activities amidst the dense grove of the pleasant Santo Estêvão Park. The Procession of the Triumph, with its richly adorned paraders, is a highpoint.
Already during the Middle Ages catholic worship was celebrated there, in an old hermitage dedicated to Santo Estevão that was erected in 1361. At risk of collapsing, it was demolished in the 16th century and the construction of a new hermitage in the same spot was started, by the Bishop of Lamego, where an image of the Virgin and Child was placed. Worship of St. Stephen was thus progressively replaced by Marian Devotion. In 1750, the construction of the present sanctuary began, and was only finished in 1905.
The monumental Baroque staircase (with 686 steps) that gives access to the sanctuary is divided over several levels, punctuated by sculptural elements, such as statues of the kings, the backrests of the eight fountains (among which the Remédios, by Nicolau Nasoni) and various allegorical representations. Half way is the Chapel of Desterro.
Inside the temple is Rocaille in style and entirely dedicated to Marian iconography: on the main altar in gilded carving, in the altarpieces dedicated to the Virgin's parents, in the three stained glass windows with images of Our Lady of the Conception, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Annunciation, and in the tiles of the Conimbrigan artist Miguel Costa that represent key moments in Mary’s life.
The tomb of the founder of the sanctuary, Canon Jose Teixeira Pinto, is at the entrance of the nave." Previous description: www.visitportugal.com/en/node/134774
Baroque land, the Principality of Monaco and the County of Nice is an architectural ensemble that nothing connects to the French model.
The baroque character of the place St. Michael , complemented by the role of design, form one of the most beautiful urban ensembles of the coast. This set is the realization of a long evolution whose point of departure from Saint-Michel building greatly contributing to the monumentality of the whole; a series of divergent orientations ramps connecting the cathedral square in Long Street opposite the Palace of aristocratic Pretti of SAINT AMBROSE built in the mid-fifteenth century and refurbished in the mid seventeenth century.
Overlooking the sea, the facades of the Saint-Michel Basilica and the Chapel of the White Penitents silhouetted against the clear sky. The construction of the Saint-Michel church, begun in 1640 during the reign of Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, continues for several centuries. The facade is rebuilt in 1819 in the style and spirit of the seventeenth century, smooth drums columns and Ionic capitals and the second level twin columns and Corinthian capitals.
Slightly shifted, the White Penitents chapel offers a much decorated façade. Built in 1687, the pinnacles, friezes, garlands play with light ocher, yellow and pink.
Much lower on the seafront, Bastion, a small fortress built in 1636-1639 by Prince Honoré II, is the only example of baroque military in Menton. This fort, which was the "city of the army head," is in advanced rocky promontory that carries all of the old town. After being assigned to various uses, it now houses the Bastion museum.
July 8, 2023 - Igreja de Santo Ildefonso (Church of Saint Ildefonso) located at R. de Santo Ildefonso 11, 4000-542 Porto, Portugal. "The granite church, in Baroque style, was 30 years in construction and is named after an early, 7th century Bishop of Toledo, Ildephonsus.
The Igreja de Santo Ildefonso stands on a slight incline and has a striking façade of over 11,000 classic blue and white azulejos, added in 1932 by Jorge Colaço, depicting the life of Saint Ildefonso and stories from the Gospels. Jorge Colaço was also responsible for the tile work on other churches in Porto including the Igreja dos Congregados, near Sao Bento Station.
The church also has some beautiful stained glass windows and a pipe organ dating from 1811.
The two bell towers are topped with stone crosses, masonry spheres and flag poles with flags of Portugal." Previous description: www.portugalvisitor.com/portugal-city-guides/portugal-att...
Neues Palais, Potsdam, Germany
Canon SX 260 camera - special effect, probably extracted color
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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.
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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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.
La Salle des buffets - a luxurious dining room at the courtyard side of the building, decorated from top to bottom. Ready to serve a Kings dinner.
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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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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.
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..
View into the chapel with Batoni's Sacred Heart of Jesus. 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.
Aula Leopoldina, Wroclaw University
stucco sculpture of the Emperor Leopold I
"The Aula Leopoldina was built between 1728 and 1732 in honor of the founder of the University of Wrocław, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I of the Habsburg dynasty. The client was his son Emperor Charles VI, who, like his father, was King of Bohemia and thus Silesian sovereign. It is Poland's largest and one of the largest Baroque halls in Europe." wikipedia (de)
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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.
One of the most iconic stations of the Moscow Metro, Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya Line) is known for its grand chandeliers, baroque-style arches, and ornate yellow ceiling. A stunning example of Soviet-era architecture blending art and function.
Puente de Piedra, built 1401 to 1440
Basilica of el Pilar, built 1680 onward; Neo-Mudéjar spires were largely completed in 1872.
Zaragoza
Canon SX 260 HS / black and white / IMG_4781
Iglesia de la Valenciana
iglesia de San Cayetano
Guanajuato, GTO., Mexico
La Valenciana is one of several churches that were built at the openings of mines in Guanajuato, such as the Cata and Rayas churches. The building of this church was sponsored by Antonio de Ordóñez y Alcocer, to give thanks to his patron Saint Cajetan (San Cayetano in Spanish) . The La Valenciana mine was first worked in 1558, but abandoned in 1559 as it was thought to be exhausted.
The earnings from the mine financed the building of the church. Ordóñez dug various mines and went broke many times until he reopened Valenciana mine in 1760. Digging 80 meters, he found the largest silver vein ever in Mexico, according to Baron von Humboldt who studied operations here in the late 18th century. The find earned him the noble title of Count of La Valenciana and Viscount of the Mine (Vizconde de la Mina) granted by Carlos III in 1780.
Construction of the church was begun in 1775 and was completed in 1788.
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Nicolau Nasoni, architect
The Clérigos Church was one of the first baroque churches in Portugal to adopt a typical baroque elliptic floorplan. The altarpiece of the main chapel, made of polychromed marble, was executed by Manuel dos Santos Porto
Porto, Portugal
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This temple was built c. 140, and was buried by the rising detritus and silt in the Forum until the 12th century, when a when the church was inserted inside the ancient building envelope. The green door was at an appropriate entry level when a baroque facade was put on the church. In the 19th C the temple was excavated, leaving the door suspended (there's an entrance on the side of the church). Yesterday for the first time I saw people at the 17th Century door!
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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Luxurious rooms and furniture. 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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baroque section of former Archbishop's Palace
now: Public library
Braga, Portugal
17 November 2017
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The Theatine Church of St. Cajetan (German: Theatinerkirche St. Kajetan) is a Catholic church in Munich, southern Germany. Built from 1663 to 1690, it was founded by Elector Ferdinand Maria and his wife, Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, as a gesture of thanks for the birth of the long-awaited heir to the Bavarian crown, Prince Max Emanuel, in 1662.
The church was built in Italian high-Baroque style, inspired by Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, designed by the Italian architect Agostino Barelli. His successor, Enrico Zuccalli, added two 66 meters high towers, originally not planned, and then finished the 71 meters high dome in 1690. The church is 72 meters long and 15.5 meters wide. The facade in Rococo style was completed only in 1768 by François de Cuvilliés. Its Mediterranean appearance and yellow coloring became a well known symbol for the city and had much influence on Southern German Baroque architecture.
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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