Baroque Architecture

Below is an illustrated index of the 47 Baroque Architecture profiled on Sacred Destinations so far. For photo credits, please see corresponding articles.

Featured Baroque Architecture

Melk Abbey Austria Melk Abbey was originally a palace, and it shows. Home to a Benedictine community from the 11th century to the present day, the current Baroque ensemble was built in 1736. Pannonhalma Archabbey Györ-Moson-Sopron, Hungary Founded in 996 on a mountain dedicated to St. Martin, Pannonhalma Archabbey is an active Benedictine monastery and World Heritage Site in northwest Hungary. Santiago de Compostela Cathedral Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain Medieval pilgrims walked for months to Santiago Cathedral, home of the relics of St. James. It has a Baroque facade and magnificent Romanesque portals.

All Baroque Architecture (by Country) Melk Abbey Austria Abbey of St. Florian Austria Innsbruck Cathedral Innsbruck, Austria Alter Dom (Ignatiuskirche) Linz, Austria Kollegienkirche (Collegiate Church) Salzburg, Austria Holy Trinity Church Salzburg, Austria St. Peter's Abbey Church Salzburg, Austria Karlskirche Vienna, Austria Beguinage Church Brussels, Belgium Iglesia de San Francisco La Paz, Bolivia St-Sulpice Paris, Ile-de-France, France Berliner Dom Berlin, Germany Frescoed Houses Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany Bode Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany Deutscher Dom Berlin, Germany Georgenkirche Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany Asamkirche Munich, Bavaria, Germany San Andrés Xecul Church Guatemala Esquipulas Basilica Esquipulas, Guatemala Pannonhalma Archabbey Györ-Moson-Sopron, Hungary Domine Quo Vadis Rome, Lazio, Italy Il Gesù Rome, Lazio, Italy Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Rome, Lazio, Italy San Giovanni in Laterano (St. John Lateran) Rome, Lazio, Italy Santa Maria degli Angeli Assisi, Umbria, Italy Santa Maria del Popolo Rome, Lazio, Italy Marienberg Abbey South Tyrol, Italy Santa Maria della Salute Venice, Veneto, Italy San Luigi dei Francesi Rome, Lazio, Italy Sant'Ivo Rome, Lazio, Italy Sant'Andrea della Valle Rome, Lazio, Italy Sant'Andrea al Quirinale Rome, Lazio, Italy Puebla Cathedral Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Santo Domingo and the Capilla del Rosario Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Bom Jesús do Monte Braga, North Portugal, Portugal São Roque Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal Cathedral of the Epiphany Moscow, Russia Toledo Cathedral Toledo, Spain Santiago de Compostela Cathedral Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain San Isidro Madrid, Madrid, Spain Monasterio de la Encarnación Madrid, Madrid, Spain Convento de Santa Teresa Avila, Castile and Leon, Spain Cadiz Cathedral Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain Heiliggeistkirche Bern, Canton Bern, Switzerland Einsiedeln Canton Schwyz, Switzerland Convent of St. Gall St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland St. Peterskirche Zurich, Canton Zurich, Switzerland

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