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Baroque Architecture

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Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Architecture

The dramatic, theatrical development of the classical language in seventeenth century Rome and beyond: curved facades, oval plans, sculptural ornament, and light staged for emotional effect, in the service of the Counter-Reformation church and the absolute monarchies. Bernini and Borromini defined it in Rome; Versailles carried it to the scale of a state.

Facts
Period
from 1600 1
Circa; the style is conventionally dated from about 1600 in Rome.
Period
to 1750 2
Marks the close of the Late Baroque phase, after which Rococo and then Neoclassicism took over as the dominant idiom.
Origin Region
Rome, Italy 1
Baroque Architecture
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Wren's St Paul's Cathedral is the chief monument of English Baroque

Influenced

Churrigueresque is the ornate Spanish and Latin American variant of Baroque, named for the Churriguera family of architects.

Rococo evolved directly out of late Baroque, particularly in France and southern Germany.

Second Empire style, mansard roofs and elaborate ornament under Napoleon III, is often described as a Baroque revival.

Spanish Colonial architecture in the Americas carries the Spanish Baroque architectural tradition brought by colonizers.

Notable Examples

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Source Bygdoy Royal Estate - Wikipedia
Source Cabildo of Buenos Aires (Wikipedia)
Source Casa de la Sirena (Wikipedia)

A Baroque palace.

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Source Engels-Haus (Wikipedia)
Source Episcopal Palace, Braga (Wikipedia)
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Source Episcopal Palace, Strasbourg (Wikipedia)
Source UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
Source Hampton Court Palace (Wikidata)
Source Winter Palace, Wikipedia
Source House of Laments (Wikipedia)
Source House of the Savior, Naples (Wikidata)
Source Kensington Palace - Wikipedia
Source Luxembourg Palace (Wikipedia)
Source Palace of Mafra (Wikipedia)
Source Nymphenburg Palace - Wikipedia
Source Oratory of San Colombano, Bologna (Wikipedia)
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
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Source Palazzo del Seminario dei Chierici (Wikipedia)

A Baroque palace.

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Source Santa Maria della Vita (Wikipedia)
Source Schloss Holzheim (hunting seat) (Wikipedia)

A Baroque palace.

Maderno's nave and facade and Bernini's piazza are defining works of the Roman Baroque.

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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
  • britannica.com/art/Baroque-architecture, lead definition
    Baroque architecture, architectural style originating in late 16th-century Italy and lasting in some regions, notably Germany and colonial South America, until the 18th century.
  • Notable Examples: St. Peter's Basilica
  • Notable Examples: Palace of Versailles
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2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Late Baroque
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Late Baroque: 1675-1750
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Royal Palace of Madrid - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Royal Palace of Madrid, infobox architectural_style field: Baroque, ClassicalView the Source
Nymphenburg Palace - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Nymphenburg Palace, infobox architectural_style field: BaroqueView the Source
Wikipedia: National Palace (Mexico)
Notable Examples: Palacio Nacional, infobox architectural_style field: BaroqueView the Source
Christiansborg Palace (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Christiansborg Palace, infobox architectural_style field: Baroque, Neoclassicism, Neo-baroqueView the Source
Wilanow Palace (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Wilanow Palace, infobox architectural_style field: BaroqueView the Source
Wikipedia: Elysee Palace
Notable Examples: Elysee Palace, infobox architectural_style field: Built in the 18th century: Classicism, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Baroque, Neo-Classicism Additions of the 19th century: Empire, Neo-Baroque, Napoleon IIIView the Source
Charlottenburg Palace - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Charlottenburg Palace, infobox architectural_style field: Baroque, RococoView the Source
Prague Castle - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Prague Castle, infobox architectural_style field: Baroque, MannerismView the Source
Stockholm Palace - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Royal Palace of Stockholm, infobox architectural_style field: BaroqueView the Source
Royal Palace of Turin - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Royal Palace of Turin, infobox architectural_style field: Baroque, NeoclassicalView the Source
Bygdoy Royal Estate - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Bygdøy Royal Estate, infobox architectural_style field: BaroqueView the Source
Casa de la Sirena (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Casa de la Sirena, infobox architectural_style field: Renaissance, BaroqueView the Source
Villa Valguarnera (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Valguarnera, infobox architectural_style field: BaroqueView the Source
Villa Cetinale (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Cetinale, infobox architectural_style field: Baroque architectureView the Source
Episcopal Palace, Strasbourg (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Episcopal Palace, Strasbourg, infobox architectural_style field: BaroqueView the Source
Cabildo of Buenos Aires (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Cabildo of Buenos Aires, infobox architectural_style field: BaroqueView the Source
House of Laments (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: House of Laments, infobox architectural_style field: Spanish Colonial, BaroqueView the Source
Bishop's Palace, Vrsac (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bishop's Palace, Vrsac, infobox architectural_style field: baroqueView the Source
Villa Bonici (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Bonici, infobox architectural_style field: BaroqueView the Source
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Infobox style field: Mexican BaroqueView the Source
Royal Stables (Denmark) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Royal Stables (Denmark), Article body
Quote, Notable Examples: Royal Stables (Denmark), Article body
a new Baroque building constructed adjacent to Frederiksholms Canal
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
UNESCO World Heritage CentreNotable Examples: Fasil Ghebbi, Justification for inscription
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subsequently transformed by the Baroque style brought to Gondar by the Jesuit missionaries
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Wikipedia: Palais Bourbon
Notable Examples: Palais Bourbon, Infobox: architectural_style
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French Baroque Neoclassical
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Wikipedia: Belvedere, Vienna
Notable Examples: Belvedere Palace, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Belvedere Palace, Infobox: architecture
Baroque
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Royal Castle, Warsaw - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Royal Castle, Warsaw, Infobox: architectural_style
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Mannerist-Baroque
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Villa Arconati, Bollate (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Arconati, Bollate, Introduction
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Built-in a grand Baroque style over the 17th and 18th centuries, it now functions as a museum and host for events and meetings.
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Villa Tesoriera (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Tesoriera, Introduction
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Villa Tesoriera, also known as La Tesoriera or Villa Sartirana, is a Baroque-style rural palace located at Corso Francia 186, Turin, Italy.
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Bosehaus (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bosehaus, Introduction
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The building is of 16th century origin, but was updated in baroque style by Georg Heinrich Bose.
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Villa Ginanneschi-Gori, Siena (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Ginanneschi-Gori, Siena, Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Ginanneschi-Gori, Siena, Introduction
The Villa Ginanneschi-Gori is a Baroque style suburban palace and gardens located in the Marciano neighborhood just outside the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
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Santa Maria della Vita (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Santa Maria della Vita, Introduction
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The Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita is a late-Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in central Bologna, near the Piazza Maggiore.
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Schloss Holzheim (hunting seat) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Schloss Holzheim (hunting seat), Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Schloss Holzheim (hunting seat), Introduction
The hunting lodge was built by the architect Charles du Ry between 1732 and 1735 under Frederick I, King of Sweden and also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, in baroque style on the medieval foundation walls (from 1183) of the former manor house of the local noble families Von Holzheim and Von Romrod.
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Teatro Bibiena (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Teatro Bibiena, Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Teatro Bibiena, Introduction
Constructed for the Royal Virgilian Academy of Science and Arts, the theatre was designed in late Baroque or early Rococo style by Antonio Galli Bibiena and erected between 1767 and 1769.
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Porta delle Lame, Bologna (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Porta delle Lame, Bologna, Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Porta delle Lame, Bologna, Introduction
The gate was rebuilt in 1677 in a Baroque style by the architect Agostino Barelli.
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Villa Allatini (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Allatini, Lead section
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Villa Allatini (Greek: Βίλλα Αλλατίνι) is a three-storey baroque building on Vasilissis Olgas Avenue in the area of Depot in the east of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Wikipedia: Quirinal Palace
Notable Examples: Quirinal Palace, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Quirinal Palace, Wikipedia categories
Category:Baroque palaces in Rome
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Villa Rufinella (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Rufinella, Wikipedia categories
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Category:Baroque architecture in Lazio
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Palazzo del Seminario dei Chierici (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Palazzo del Seminario dei Chierici, Wikipedia categories
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Category:Baroque palaces in Catania
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Episcopal Palace, Porto (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Episcopal Palace, Porto, Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: Episcopal Palace, Porto, Lead section
The palace is an important example of late Baroque and Rococo civil architecture in the city.
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Villa Palagonia (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Palagonia, Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Palagonia, Lead section
The villa itself, built from 1715 by the architect Tommaso Napoli with the help of Agatino Daidone, is one of the earliest examples of Sicilian Baroque.
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Villa Pigneto del Marchese Sacchetti (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Pigneto del Marchese Sacchetti, Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Pigneto del Marchese Sacchetti, Lead section
The Villa Pigneto or Sacchetti, or also the Casino al Pigneto del Marchese Sacchetti was a villa in Rome, Italy, designed by the Baroque artist Pietro da Cortona.
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Villa Barbarigo (Valsanzibio) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Barbarigo (Valsanzibio), Description
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Barbarigo (Valsanzibio), Description
It is girded by a remarkable Baroque garden and water works, with statuary (including a statue of aged and winged time carrying a cuboctahedron) and even a Boxwood labyrinth.
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Villa Arrigona (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Arrigona, Description
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Arrigona, Description
The complex is made up of the 17th-century villa with its outbuildings (corpi di fabbrica), a late Baroque oratory, a park, and land that is still cultivated; its scale conveys the wealth and prestige of the Arrigoni family that commissioned it.
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Villa Negroni (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Negroni, Early period (18th century)
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Negroni, Early period (18th century)
Originally named Villa Morosini, reflecting its association with the influential Venetian aristocratic family settled in the Swiss Confederation, the building represented Baroque architecture, serving as a representative residence of 18th-century Italian nobility.
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Palace of Mafra (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Mafra National Palace, History
Quote, Notable Examples: Mafra National Palace, History
This vast complex, largely built of Lioz stone, is among the most sumptuous Baroque buildings in Portugal and at 40,000 m², one of the largest royal palaces.
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Villa Corsini a Castello (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Corsini a Castello, History
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Corsini a Castello, History
In 1697, in part due its proximity to the Medici Villa La Petraia, the Corsini family bought the villa, and the property underwent to a complete renovation in a sober baroque style, designed by Giovan Battista Foggini.
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Prince's Palace of Monaco (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Prince's Palace of Monaco, Lead section
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Thus while other European sovereigns were building luxurious, modern Renaissance and Baroque palaces, politics and common sense demanded that the palace of the Monegasque rulers be fortified.
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Kensington Palace - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Kensington Palace, Wikipedia categories
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Category:Baroque palaces in the United Kingdom
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Winter Palace, Wikipedia
  • Notable Examples: Hermitage Museum, Peter the Great's Winter Palace (1711-1753)
    This policy was manifested in bricks and mortar by the creation of a new city, Saint Petersburg, in 1703. The culture and design of the new city was intended as a conscious rejection of traditional Byzantine-influenced Russian architecture, such as the then-fashionable Naryshkin Baroque, in favour of the classically inspired architecture prevailing in the great cities of Europe.
  • Notable Examples: Winter Palace, Peter the Great's Winter Palace (1711-1753)
    This policy was manifested in bricks and mortar by the creation of a new city, Saint Petersburg, in 1703. The culture and design of the new city was intended as a conscious rejection of traditional Byzantine-influenced Russian architecture, such as the then-fashionable Naryshkin Baroque, in favour of the classically inspired architecture prevailing in the great cities of Europe.
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Blenheim Palace - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Blenheim Palace, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Blenheim Palace, Wikipedia categories
Category:Baroque palaces in the United Kingdom
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Porta Galliera, Bologna (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Porta Galliera, Bologna, Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: Porta Galliera, Bologna, Lead section
The interior portal has a scenic Baroque facade, while the external portal accentuates the defensive military role of a gate.
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Belem Palace (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Belem Palace, Wikipedia categories
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Category:Baroque palaces in Portugal
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San Marco in San Girolamo (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: San Marco in San Girolamo, Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: San Marco in San Girolamo, Lead section
The Church of San Marco in San Girolamo (St. Mark in St. Jerome) is a baroque parish church in Vicenza, northern Italy, built in the 18th century by the Discalced Carmelites.
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Oratory of San Colombano, Bologna (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Oratory of San Colombano, Bologna, History
Quote, Notable Examples: Oratory of San Colombano, Bologna, History
Starting about the year 1600, it was decorated by an impressive series of pupils of Ludovico Carracci, among them some of the titans of early Italian Baroque painting: Francesco Albani, Francesco Brizio, Domenichino, Lorenzo Garbieri, Lucio Massari, Guido Reni, and Baldassare Aloisi (il Balanino).
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Luxembourg Palace (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Luxembourg Palace, Wikipedia categories
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Category:Baroque palaces in France
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Hampton Court Palace (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Hampton Court Palace, Wikidata P149
Quote, Notable Examples: Hampton Court Palace, Wikidata P149
architectural style: baroque architecture
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Villa Litta, Lainate (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Villa Litta, Lainate, Wikidata P149
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architectural style: Baroque
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Bertramka (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Bertramka, Wikidata P149
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architectural style: baroque architecture
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Villa Paveri-Fontana, Collecchio (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Villa Paveri-Fontana, Collecchio, Wikidata P149
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Paveri-Fontana, Collecchio, Wikidata P149
architectural style: baroque architecture
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College of the Society of Jesus in Pontevedra (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: College of the Society of Jesus in Pontevedra, Wikidata P149
Quote, Notable Examples: College of the Society of Jesus in Pontevedra, Wikidata P149
architectural style: baroque architecture
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House of the Savior, Naples (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: House of the Savior, Naples, Wikidata P149
Quote, Notable Examples: House of the Savior, Naples, Wikidata P149
architectural style: baroque architecture
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Episcopal Palace, Braga (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Episcopal Palace, Braga, Infobox: architectural_style
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Portuguese Northern Baroque
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Villa Donn'Anna (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Donn'Anna, Wikipedia article
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The grand but decaying baroque building projecting directly into the sea presented an irresistible subject for eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists.
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Engels-Haus (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Engels-Haus, Wikipedia lead
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The late baroque Berg house was built in 1775 by Eberhard Haarmann in what was then Barmen, Berg.
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Villa Margherita, Bordighera (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Margherita, Bordighera, Wikipedia article
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The villa, built in the baroque style of the eighteenth century, has a basement, a ground floor, two upper floors, and a large terrace on the top floor, from which a walkway gives access to the upper garden.
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Villa Pisani, Stra (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Pisani, Stra, Wikipedia lead
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Pisani, Stra, Wikipedia lead
Villa Pisani at Stra refers to the monumental, late-Baroque rural palace located along the Brenta Canal (Riviera del Brenta) at Via Doge Pisani 7 near the town of Stra, on the mainland of the Veneto, northern Italy.
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Villa Torrigiani (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Torrigiani, Article text
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Santini rebuilt the south facade in the Baroque style at the end of the seventeenth century, probably in imitation of the architecture of Versailles where he was ambassador to the Republic of Lucca.
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London Waterloo station (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Waterloo Station, Article text
Quote, Notable Examples: Waterloo Station, Article text
It was built in an Imperial Baroque style out of Portland stone.
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Baroque architecture (Wikipedia)
In Group: Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Styles of Europe, Lead paragraph
Quote, In Group: Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical Styles of Europe, Lead paragraph
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the late 16th century and gradually spread across Europe.
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