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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...