Here's everything you need to know about this over-the-top architecture style. If you look up the word baroque, the synonyms ...

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 ...

There are actually two palaces here – separated by an ornate 17th-century French-style garden – which some say are among the best examples of Baroque architecture in the world. Formerly home ...

The 17th century saw a wealth of Polish Baroque developments, most prominently in architecture. With family and religion seen as cornerstones of life, Poles became invested in erecting plush palaces ...

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 ...

Founded in 1559, the University of Évora is a gem of Manueline and Baroque architecture ... bounded by the buildings of this former Jesuit college, and look out for the superb azulejos, blue ...

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 ...