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Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza | 1642–60 ca | Rome, Latium, Italy | Borromini's work on Sant'Ivo was a long-term undertaking: the building structure was erected in 1650 but the decorative elements were not complete until 1660 under Pope Alexander VII.Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
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Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza | 1642–60 ca | Rome, Latium, Italy | To the concave façade Borromini opposed the convexity of the dome drum consisting of a low stepped pyramid, whose strong pressure to the outside is plastically defined by pilasters overlapping the corners. | Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza | 1642–60 ca | Rome, Latium, Italy | The lantern with its twin columns repeats the pattern of centrifugal forces and resolves the innovative invention of the spiral crowning culminating in an iron crown, an orb and a cross. | |
Church of Santa Maria della Pace | 1656–57 | Rome, Latium, Italy | The façade is one of the most perfect examples of Baroque theatricality applied to urban planning: a semi-circular portico links up with the sides, like two theatrical wings. |
San Salvatore, Chiesa del Santissimo Salvatore | Started in 1605, the church was completed in 1623 by different architects | Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | The church, with some new ideas, bears a typical Counter-Reformation plan, referencing the Roman Jesuit church of the Gesù. |
Pilgrimage Church of the Scourged Saviour "in der Wies" ("in the meadow") | 1745–49: chancel and priory building;1750–54: lay church;1756/57: side altars and organ | Steingaden-Wies, Upper Bavaria, Germany | The Pilgrimage Church of the Premonstratensian Abbey Steingaden was created by Dominikus Zimmermann with support of his brother, Johann Baptist. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1983. |
Zelená Hora, Church of St. John of Nepomuk | 1719–1722 | Zelená Hora, Moravia, Czech Republic | The expansive intertwining shapes and movement of light provide striking dynamism. Here, V. Vejmluva established a "spiritual mausoleum" for John of Nepomuk, a saint canonised in 1729, and whose cult became one of the most widespread in Central Europe. |
Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene | 1759–1765 | Sela by Sisak, North-West Croatia, Croatia | The most representative Croatian church with an oval plan located in the manor of the Zagreb diocese in Sela kod Siska. The special value of this Late Baroque church with characteristic features of the Rococo style is evident in the shaping of the convex façade flanked by two bell towers with concave sides. |