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built in 1590-1600 for Italians residing in Prague, designed by the Italian O. Mascarino. Although it is a Late Renaissance or Mannerist chapel, it is very important for Czech Baroque architecture because of its elliptical ground plan which is much more typical for Baroque architecture than for the
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style also changed the character of the Czech countryside (churches and chapels in Czech countryside are mostly Baroque). Czech Baroque architecture is considered to be a unique part of the European cultural heritage thanks to its extensiveness and extraordinariness. In the first third of the 18th
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The High Baroque period in the Czech lands begins around the year 1690 and lasts to the mid-18th century. The architects of this time were mostly born in Bohemia or Moravia but often were of foreign origin. The most significant architects of this period were
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century the Czech lands (especially Bohemia) were one of the leading artistic centers of the Baroque style. In Bohemia there was completed in a very original way the development of the Radical Baroque style created in Italy by
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Many of the Baroque architects who worked, lived and often also died in the Czech lands came from different countries or were of foreign origin, mainly Italian, some came also from
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of Prague: Ledebur Garden, Small and Great Palffy Gardens, Kolowrat and Small Fürstenberg Gardens. Another important terraced garden in the Malá Strana district is the
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in the late Renaissance style. In the 1620s the church became Catholic and was rebuilt in the early Baroque style. The new Baroque façade was completed in 1644.
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was an important French architect who worked in the Crown of Bohemia. His works include the Church of St. Francis Seraph in the Old Town of Prague and
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when the Catholic Church became the only legal church in the Kingdom of Bohemia (from 1627) and Margraviate of Moravia (from 1628). The heyday of
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and Andrea Spezza and was inspired by the newest Italian architecture of its time but the influence of Mannerism can also be seen.
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The Baroque Gothic style is a unique strand of Czech High Baroque art which connects the Bohemian Radical Baroque style with
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style occurred, which is very similar to Baroque but differs from it by its ornamental decoration. During her rule the
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is considered to be the first Baroque church in Prague. It was built probably by Giovanni Maria Filippi in 1611–13 for
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The examples of the late Baroque architecture (with Rococo elements) in Prague are the Archbishop's Palace or the
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elements. The creator and main representative of this style was the Bohemian architect
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The architects of early Baroque in the Czech lands were foreigners, mostly Italians.
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The late Baroque style was usual in the Crown of Bohemia during the reign of queen
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in Prague, built in the first half of the 18th century in the radical Baroque style
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Wooden Baroque Gothic furnishings of the St. Gallus Church (kostel sv. Havla) in
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of Prague, due to its architecture one of the most important Baroque churches in
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In Prague there are also fine high Baroque terraced palace gardens below the
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Among these transitional buildings is the Italian chapel consecrated to the
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The Baroque style penetrated Bohemia in the first half of the 17th century.
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One of the most precious high Baroque secular buildings in Prague is the
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Typical Baroque church in the Czech countryside (Church of St. Nicholas,
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came to the Czech lands and after her death replaced the Baroque style.
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Other important high Baroque architects in the Crown of Bohemia were
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with dome by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, early 18th century.
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is traditionally designated the first Baroque structure in Prague.
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Very important architect of the early Baroque style in Prague was
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The first Baroque palace in Prague and probably also the first in
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The clear Baroque style came to the Crown of Bohemia during the
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In the early Baroque style was renovated the residence of the
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was built in 1621–1630 for a Czech nobleman, general of the
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in the Crown of Bohemia was coupled with the victory of the
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Church of St. John of Nepomuk in the New Town of Prague by
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Church of St. Francis Seraph in the Old Town of Prague by
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The front facade of the Church of the Holy Savior by
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From Late Renaissance and Mannerism to Early Baroque
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Index

Baroque architecture in Bohemia

Častrov
architectural period
Bohemia
Moravia
Silesia
Crown of Bohemia
Czech Republic
Baroque
Francesco Borromini
Guarino Guarini
Christoph Dientzenhofer
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer
Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel
Baroque architecture
Catholic Church
Thirty Years' War
Baroque style
Czech lands
Bavaria
Austria
France

Matthias Gate
Prague Castle
Prague
Mannerist art
Rudolph II
Mathias

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