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Schonborn Palace
Malá Strana, Prague, Czechia
Rudolf von Colloredo built the present palace between 1643 and 1656 on the site of an earlier building that had been destroyed during the Thirty Years War. Having lost a leg at the Battle of Lutzen, the count had the flight of steps leading to the first garden terrace built with a special incline to enable him to ride into his palace on horseback. The palace was ultimately inherited by the Schönborn family, from whom it took its present name.
architects: Giovanni Battista Alliprandi, Johann Blasius Santini-Aichl
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fresh squares and narrow streets cascading toward the sea: the historic heart of the city beats behind the ocher facades, shutters dimming light, preserving the privacy of homes assaults of the sun.
We cross the history at the foot of the bell glazed tiles.
Baroque art has created a remarkable ensemble: the square of the Basilica and Saint-Michel, a few steps higher, the White Penitents chapel.
At the top of the hill, the cemetery of Old Castle, last resort for Russian and British aristocrats, offers an unrivaled view of the city, the sea and the mountains of Italy.
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.
St. Nicholas Church / Kostel svatého Mikuláše
(lower) Malostranské náměstí
Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic
The church was built between 1704 and 1755 on the site where formerly a Gothic church from the 13th century stood, which was also dedicated to Saint Nicholas. After the victory of the Catholic Habsburgs in the Battle of White Mountain (8 November 1620) in 1625, the previously Utraquist church was handed over to the Jesuits together with the neighboring buildings. The construction was made possible mainly by a large donation from Václav Libštejnský from the noble family of the Counts of Kolowrat, who donated his entire fortune to the construction of the new church before joining the Order.
After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1775, St. Nicholas' Church became the Catholic parish church of the Lesser Town
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fresh squares and narrow streets cascading toward the sea: the historic heart of the city beats behind the ocher facades, shutters dimming light, preserving the privacy of homes assaults of the sun.
We cross the history at the foot of the bell glazed tiles.
Baroque art has created a remarkable ensemble: the square of the Basilica and Saint-Michel, a few steps higher, the White Penitents chapel.
At the top of the hill, the cemetery of Old Castle, last resort for Russian and British aristocrats, offers an unrivaled view of the city, the sea and the mountains of Italy.
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.
Bridge to the French garden from the garden front of the castle.
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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 New Chambers in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, were constructed for King Frederick the Great of Prussia from 1771 to 1775. The photo is a scan of the photo clicked in 1996 with my Canon AE1 during a college trip to Berlin, Potsdam and Dessau. Please click to view on black. Recommended.
April 13, 2015 - Reconstructed Baroque Tower of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene at the site of the 13th century church. The church was damaged in 1686 during the liberation of Buda from the Turks. A new church was built over the ruins. Emperor Francis I was crowned King of Hungary here in 1792. The church was destroyed during World War II and all that remains now is the tower and some rubble of it's walls. Budapest.
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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Zeughaus
Unter den Linden, Berlin
Johann Arnold Nering, Martin Grünberg, Andreas Schlüter + Jean de Bodt, architects
built 1695 to 1706 by King Friedrich I of Prussia
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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.
I liked this one, too.
"Catedral Basilica de Zacatecas"
Considered the greatest example of Baroque architecture in Latin America.
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.
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.
Situated in a large valley and surrounded by massive snow covered peaks the town of Salzburg has played an important role throughout history. Its influence and wealth is visible through its plethora of sprawling cathedrals and two massive hilltop castles.
The city has a charm to it, one which inspired its most famous citizen - Mozart - and lent itself to the smash hit The Sound of Music.
Learn more about my visit at virtualwayfarer.com.
Víziváros - Watertown St Anne's church (begun 1740, completed 1805)
One of Hungary's finest baroque churches, St. Anne's was almost destroyed in the early 1950s because the Hungarian dictator Mátyás Rákosi (known as "Stalin's most loyal disciple") thought that when Stalin visited him at his office in Parliament, he would be loath to look across the Danube at a Buda skyline dominated by churches. Fortunately, Rákosi's demented plan was never realized.
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.
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)."
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.
Sculpted by Jean-Baptiste Tuby (1635–1700), based on drawings by Charles Le Brun (1619-90), and built by André Le Nôtre (1613-1700), the Apollo Fountain replaced the pre-existing Swans Fountain from 1638.
The statues are gilded lead, constructed 1688-70, and installed in 1671. The sculpture is of Apollo in his chariot, a symbol closely related to Louis XIV, the Sun-King (le Roi-Soleil).
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.
Situated in a large valley and surrounded by massive snow covered peaks the town of Salzburg has played an important role throughout history. Its influence and wealth is visible through its plethora of sprawling cathedrals and two massive hilltop castles.
The city has a charm to it, one which inspired its most famous citizen - Mozart - and lent itself to the smash hit The Sound of Music.
Learn more about my visit at virtualwayfarer.com.