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Baroque architecture in Germany by city (6 C) Baroque church buildings in Germany (1 C, 25 P) B. Baroque architecture in Baden-Württemberg (17 P)
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 1703–1711 Matteo Alberti: Saint Nicholas Church: Prague, Czech Republic 1703–1752 Christoph Dientzenhofer, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer: Blenheim Palace: Woodstock, England 1705–1722 Sir John Vanbrugh: Zwinger Palace: Dresden, Germany 1709–1732 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann: Pommersfelden castle: Pommersfelden ...
Built in the early 18th century, the palaces and adjoining gardens are considered masterpieces of early rococo architecture and have been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. [1] Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
Important examples of German baroque architecture are especially the Grand Hall, the Grand Gallery, the wide staircase, the Maximilian's Chapel and the four state apartments decorated by artists such as Charles Dubut, Franz Joachim Beich, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Cosmas Damian Asam, Jacopo Amigoni, Giuseppe Volpini, Guillielmus de Grof ...
Germany portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ... Baroque architecture in Potsdam (9 P) This page was ...
Mannheim Palace (German: Mannheimer Schloss) is a large Baroque palace in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was originally the main residence of the Prince-electors of the Electorate of the Palatinate of the House of Wittelsbach until 1777. Part of the palace is used today by the University of Mannheim. The castle, which features ...
Baroque architecture is a building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy and spread in Europe. The style took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and the absolutist state in defiance of the Reformation .
The most well-known examples of Bavarian Baroque include the Benedictine abbey in Ottobeuren, the Weltenburg and the Ettal Abbey, and the Asam Church in Munich. Other examples of Baroque church architecture are the Basilica of the Vierzehnheiligen in Upper Franconia and the rebuilt Frauenkirche in Dresden, created by George Bähr between 1722 ...