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The following is a list of examples of various types of Baroque architecture since its origins. Building Picture Location Date Architect(s) St Peter's Basilica:
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the late 16th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means to combat the Reformation and the Protestant church with a new architecture that inspired surprise and awe. [1]
Pages in category "Baroque architecture in India" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Dilkusha Kothi is the remains of an eighteenth-century house built in the English baroque style in the quiet Dilkusha area of Lucknow in India. [1] Today there are only a few towers and external walls as a monument, though the extensive gardens remain.
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.
Baroque architecture in India (1 C, 10 P) Bengali architecture ... Gothic Revival architecture in India (1 C, 18 P) H. Hindu architecture (3 C, 21 P) I.
India accepted the convention on 14 November 1977, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] There are 43 World Heritage Sites in India. Out of these, 35 are cultural, seven are natural, and one, Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type, listed for both cultural and natural properties. India has the sixth-most sites worldwide.
Baroque architectural features (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Baroque architecture" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.