Throughout Spain, there are charming villages preserving the vibrant heritage of Baroque art. With their sculpted facades, ...

Polish architecture did not differ significantly from that created in Western Europe. The Golden Age is generally considered the time of the Jagiellonian dynasty, which coincided with the heyday of ...

From southern Sicily to Puglia, Italy is full of villages and small towns where Baroque art has left a spectacular mark. Here ...

But outside architecture, the Baroque also influenced other cultural disciplines, including music. Baroque styles – including basso continuo – were adopted by Polish musicians, whilst adaptations were ...

In Britain, the Gothic style was revived in the 18th Century, predominantly for churches and university buildings. Baroque architecture is closely entwined with the Counter-Reformation ...

Criterion (i): The Novodevichy Convent is the most outstanding example of the so-called “Moscow Baroque”, which became a fashionable style in the region of Moscow. Apart from its fine architecture and ...

Its library is one of the richest and oldest in the world and contains precious manuscripts such as the earliest-known architectural plan drawn on parchment. From 1755 to 1768, the conventual area was ...