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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.
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.
This Church was built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was severely wounded and died in March 1881.The church was built from 1883 till 1907. The construction was funded by the imperial family.
The Church is now one of the main tourist attractions in St. Petersburg. Bus loads of tourists arrive daily and get their 15 minutes of exterior shot before being moved on.
Šternberský palác, Sternberg Palace: was created in 1703 by connecting two neighboring buildings. Properties acquired 1664 and 1684 by Imperial Chamberlain Count Oldřich Adolf Vratislav of Šternberk (Sternberg).The two buildings were not architecturally connected until 1703–1719, when the buildings were owned by František Damián of Šternberk (1667–1723).
The facade bears a painting of the "Coronation of the Virgin Mary" - its antecedent was put up after the Battle of the White Mountain to keep the old building from bring burned down - and the Sternberg's coat of arms.
behind: St. Thomas church
Prague
November 1996
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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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"The west portal is now a typical Baroque work, organised in two tiers, with solomonic columns and a statue of St Francis."
Igreja de São Francisco, Porto, Portugal
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I had assumed the figure at the center to be Neptune, but apparently it is Oceanus, a different god. Rather than ruling over the seas, as Neptune did, the older god Oceanus (i.e. he was thought of and worshipped long before Neptune was) embodied the world ocean conceptually, as his parents, Uranus and Gaia, embodied sky and earth respectively.
He is surrounded by hippocamps (sea horses) and a number of other mythological figures.
July 6, 2032 - Igreja da Misericórdia (Porto Misericórdia Church) at Rua das Flores 15. "The Igreja da Misericórdia do Porto is located on the historic Rua das Flores in downtown Porto. The church does not stand alone but is instead sandwiched between the offices and shops that line this typical Porto street.
Originally built in the 16th century the church's facade was redesigned by Northern Portugal's favourite Baroque architect, the Italian Nicolau Nasoni. He was responsible for designing a number of buildings in the city including the Clerigos tower and church, and the cathedral. Nasoni is perhaps best known however for the Mateus Palace in Vila Real which has adorned bottles of Mateus Rose for the last 100 years.
Attached to the historic Misericórdia church is the Misericórdia museum which has a collection including many 15th century artworks and artifacts. Most notable of these is the somewhat macabre Renaissance Flemish painting - Fons Vitae (the Fountain of Life). This artwork depicts Portuguese king Dom Manuel I and his wife, Leonor, kneeling before a fountain of blood from the crucified Christ.The museum also takes in the church's azulejo clad interior." Previous description: www.travel-in-portugal.com/attractions/igreja-da-miserico...
St. Nicholas Church ✶ 'Lesser Town' ✶ Prague ✶ Czech Republic
Built by the Jesuits
After the Thirty Years War- previous Hussite Church seized and torn down. This structure was built 1703-1755 and the architects were Christoph Dientzenhofer, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Anselmo Lurago
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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.
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.