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Rich with velvet, gold leaf, and cherubim and nymphs, the interior is characteristic of Baroque sumptuousness.
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.
St. Nicholas' dome seen through the Mala Strana Tower Bridge from Charles Bridge.
Prague, Czech Republic, November 2012
Stary Ratusz (Old Town Hall)
built 1737–1741
Franz Sheerhofer, architect
Served as Town Hall unril 1905
Tower added 1926–1928
IMG_6793 old town Hall Legnica
This shot shows the valley between Ibla (to the right) and Ragusa (left), one of the gorges which cuts deep into the Iblean plain.
Ragusa was built as a planned new town after the earthquake of 1693. Ibla was rebuilt on its original medieval street plan. Linking the two, on either side of the valley, there is a complex network of roads, stairs and ramped footpaths. Both the walk and the bus ride between them are wonderful.
The late evening at St Philip's Cathedral, in Birmingham.
Birmingham’s St Philip’s Cathedral has been the home of the city’s Anglican diocese since 1905, almost 200 years after it was consecrated.
Built in the English Baroque style by Thomas Archer in 1715, it was initially a parish church, but was chosen over the older St Martin’s to be the city’s cathedral.
The building was enlarged by the Victorians in the 1880s, who installed stained-glass windows by Edwards Burne-Jones, depicting the Nativity, Crucifixion, Ascension and the Last Judgement.
It is the third-smallest cathedral in England – after Derby and Chelmsford – and survived bombing in the Second World War to be restored.
Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman ♦ Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Oaxaca, Mexico
30 Jan. 2014
2014-Mexico 1866
Saint John the Baptist Church / Kościół św. Jana Chrzciciela
Legnica, Poland
Built 1714-1729 by the Jesuits
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Entrance of 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.
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.
A baroque church's walled entrance gate above the Danube in the Wachau Valley / Loiben region in Lower Austria. The exact location wasn't noted so the map location is vague !
Taken on a trip to Vienna pre Christmas to early January in December 1992 - January 1993.
Scan of a photo'.
(Originally taken with a Canon EOS film camera).
Order detail at entrance of 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.
I heard music while I was taking pictures. The songs sounded familiar, but I thought, "No, it can't be them, what would they be doing here in Zacatecas?"
Lo and behold, my favorite Spanish duo, in Zacatecas, randomly giving a free concert. I tried SO MANY times to see them in concert in Spain. I even paid for a ticket to see them once in Salamanca and the concert got cancelled because they got sick or something.
This was fab. :)
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.
At this site overlooking the City, the Duke watched a French force besieging Turin; once again the french were trying to annex Piedmont. The duke made a vow to build a large church on the site if Turin and Piedmont were delivered from the French siege (1706). It was built in 1717-1731 The architect was Filippo Juvarra.
Elegant double stairways. An original feature is the so-called “rotunda” lounge - from the Italian rotonda - a unique piece. 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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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.
Legnica ☆ Poland
The present building, replacing previous town halls lost to fires, was erected between 1737-1741 under the direction of Franz Michael Sheerhofer, as a part of the market square complex. The first meeting of the city council took place on May 15, 1741, and the last - 164 years later - on April 8, 1905.
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Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman ♦ Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Oaxaca, Mexico
30 Jan. 2014
2014-Mexico 1834
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.
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.
Santa Maria di Nazareth, known as Chiesa degli Scalzi.
The "Rococo facade" was erected from 1672 to 1680 by Giuseppe Sardi. The ashes of Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice, are entombed here.
architect of the church: Baldassarre Longhena ("built in the 18th century by Baldassarre Longhena." - pretty incredible because longhena died in 1680, in the 17th century)
Cannaregio, Venice
15 April 1997
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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.