There’s a reason this capital city has inspired composers, artists, and royalty for centuries. Vienna is a city that’s ...

Shortly afterwards, St Peter and St Paul's Church was built in Krakow – both these buildings are considered crucial to the development of Polish Baroque architecture. Both are modelled on the ...

Evocative of French architecture, the shrine’s present ... which today is covered over by a Baroque façade. Sapieha had himself buried under a nameless plaque of red granite in the church’s porch, in ...

The Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Trinity Church) is one of Munich's first baroque style church buildings. Inside, it holds a real highlight. The abbey, completed in 1716 according to the plans of ...

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 ...

Four of them were inscribed as World Heritage in 1993. The churches have survived several earthquakes and wars, and are known as "Earthquake Baroque" due to their strong quake-resistant structures.