The interior of the church was designed as a kind of scenography ... The same was soon thought of all architectural projects – the Baroque did not simply build 'buildings'; it built complex structures ...

There’s a reason this capital city has inspired composers, artists, and royalty for centuries. Vienna is a city that’s ...

Located in Lesser Town (Malá Strana), the St. Nicholas Church (not to be confused with the Church of St. Nicholas in Old Town Square) is well visited for its stunning baroque architecture ...

The Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Trinity Church) is one of Munich's first baroque style church buildings. Inside, it holds a real highlight. The abbey, completed in 1716 according to the plans of ...

representing cathedral architecture, form the dominants of a well-preserved medieval town-planning structure filled with Gothic and Baroque urban fabric. The most striking of Kutná Hora is the church ...

Between small stores and noisy cafés, the baroque world of the Asam Church ... and ornamentation in such a small area, the interior of the church is overwhelming. Particularly impressive is ...

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — A Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage site, ...

Baroque architecture is closely entwined with the Counter-Reformation, an effort by the Catholic Church to respond to ... Typically both the interior and exterior of the building would follow ...

and are known as "Earthquake Baroque" due to their strong quake-resistant structures. This pyramid-like building is the Church of San Agustin in Paoay in the Northern Luzon. Construction started in ...

Sir Robert Smirke was an important neoclassical architect, designing buildings inspired by ancient Greece and Rome, and rejecting the frills of rococo and baroque architecture. He designed The ...