Baroque

Connected Sites: 121

WHS that include buildings built in the Baroque style, or structures with Baroque elements.

Connected Sites

  • Vatican City
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.30
    612
    9
    "an ideal and exemplary religious and palatial creation of the Renaissance and of Baroque art" (OUV)
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    661
    13
    "it was in Rome that Baroque art was born and then spread throughout Europe and to other continents." (OUV)
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.37
    233
    12
    Melk Abbey, Gottweig Abbey
  • St. Petersburg
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    267
    9
    Petrodvorec Palace
  • Val di Noto
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.35
    207
    11
  • Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.77
    148
    9
  • L'viv
    L'viv
    Ukraine
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.61
    132
    7
    Dominican Church
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    610
    19
    Many buildings among them Maria della Salute
  • Naples
    Naples
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.48
    435
    9
    Capella Sansevero, San Lorenzo Maggiore
  • Macao
    Macao
    China
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.07
    228
    12
    St. Joseph's Seminary Building and Church
  • Telc
    Telc
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.11
    181
    13
  • Nesvizh
    Nesvizh
    Belarus
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.51
    93
    6
    Corpus Christi Church
  • Yuso and Suso Monasteries
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.98
    121
    5
    Interior of Yuso
  • Burgos Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.43
    193
    8
    Main Sacristy (1761-1765)
  • Quito
    Quito
    Ecuador
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.34
    172
    8
  • Cuzco
    Cuzco
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.85
    264
    9
  • Puebla
    Puebla
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.38
    156
    9
  • Arequipa
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.34
    170
    10
  • Mir Castle
    Mir Castle
    Belarus
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.27
    98
    8
    First Renaissance, later Baroque style
  • Schönbrunn
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.50
    506
    14
  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.52
    393
    10
    Palais Rohan
  • Olinda
    Olinda
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.06
    45
    4
    about twenty baroque churches (OUV)
  • Genoa
    Genoa
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.92
    255
    7
    Genoa for many palaces on Strada Nuova
  • Regensburg
    Regensburg
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.07
    281
    9
    Carmelite Church of St. Joseph, Löschenkohl town house
  • Lima
    Lima
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    255
    10
    ... are typical examples of Hispano-American Baroque (AB ev)
  • León Cathedral
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.60
    61
    4
    Transition from baroque to neo-classic
  • São Francisco Square
    Inscribed: 2010
    1.82
    25
    3
    Church and Santa Casa da Misericordia: "baroque ornamentation" (AB ev)
  • Old Havana
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.82
    178
    6
    its old centre retaining an interesting mix of Baroque and neoclassical monuments (Unesco website)
  • Novodevichy Convent
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.81
    143
    9
    Moscow Baroque style
  • Karlskrona
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.25
    113
    6
    all main churches and civil buidings are built in Baroque Style
  • Brugge
    Brugge
    Belgium
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.97
    502
    21
    church of Saint Walburga
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Villa d'Este
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.27
    244
    9
    Some Baroque works (including Bernini's) were added and are fully preserved (nom file)
  • Vilnius
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.45
    317
    10
    most of the churches
  • Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.02
    191
    11
    As a result of the impetus of Emmanuel-Philibert, his successors developed a vast building programme throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, giving the town and its region a Baroque style, the pivot of which is the residences. (AB ev)
  • Banska Stiavnica
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.92
    151
    10
    Calvary complex on Scharfenberg hill
  • University of Coimbra
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.22
    244
    9
    lavish Baroque-style Coimbra University Library (AB ev)
  • Gammelstad
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.88
    100
    5
    Pulpit in Nederlulea church
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.56
    227
    7
    The High Altar reflects the magnificent intervention of baroque architecture in the Romanesque space. (off website)
  • Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.93
    80
    5
    Carmen de la Asuncion Church
  • Torun
    Torun
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.25
    192
    8
    Holy Spirit Church
  • Litomysl Castle
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.75
    141
    10
    sundials and 18th century modifications of the interior
  • Trinity Sergius Lavra
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.08
    98
    5
    The Palace of the Metropolitan and other 17th century additions
  • Salvador de Bahia
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.35
    73
    4
    "the Baroque intricacy of the Church and Convent of São Francisco and the Church of the Third Order of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black People" (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Siena
    Siena
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    4.05
    377
    10
    The Chigi Chapel in the Cathedral, the Chapel of the Madonna del Rosario, San Donato, Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova, Santa Maria in Provenzano, among others
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.15
    272
    8
    The dome of the Church of San Vitale "is decorated with baroque frescoes executed in 1778-82, and in stark contrast to the architectonic purity of the structure." (AB Ev)
  • Flemish Béguinages
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.78
    355
    13
    The "Church of Saint-Alexis and Catherine in Mechelen, a fine Baroque building by J Franquart and P Huyssens" and the "Baroque decor (Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in the Grand Béguinage of Leuven, Church of Sainte-Catherine in Diest, etc)" (AB Ev) – Baroque gates of the béguinages of Diest and Lier (Nomination file, p. 11) – Baroque interior of the Church of Saint-Catherine in Tongeren – Baroque churches of the Small Béguinage in Gent and of the béguinages in Lier and Hoogstraten. The church of the béguinage in Turnhout has both gothic and baroque elements. (Nomination file, p. 13)
  • Würzburg Residence
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.40
    266
    15
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    544
    15
    Burg Palace
  • San Miguel de Allende
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.31
    115
    9
    Sanctuary of Jesús de Nazareno de Atotonilco
  • Querétaro
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.93
    104
    9
  • Quedlinburg
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.25
    210
    9
    The three-story half-timbered house "Börse" was built by master carpenter Andreas Besen in the Baroque style. An inscription cites its year of construction as 1683.
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Plantin-Moretus Museum
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.32
    260
    10
    "Criterion (iv): As an outstanding example of the relationship between the living environment of a family during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the world of work and the world of commerce, the Plantin-Moretus Complex is of unrivalled documentary value relating to significant periods of European history: the Renaissance, the Baroque and Classicism. (Official description)
  • Ouro Preto
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.45
    65
    6
  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.08
    385
    15
    Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains (Unesco website)
  • Diamantina
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.88
    38
    5
  • Cordoba
    Cordoba
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.18
    376
    9
    Cathedral-Mosque: "The minaret has also been restyled into a Baroque bell tower.", also: Descalzas Convent, and other places in historic center.
    See www.whatcordoba.com
  • Amiens Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.40
    219
    12
    The pulpit is a rather impressive baroque ensemble dating from 1773. The old rood screen was destroyed in 1755, and replaced by a baroque grille. The Baroque high altar was installed in 1751. It is surmounted by a glory, a grandiose sculpted group, occupying almost the entire apse and composed of large Baroque sculptures (in the French style) decorated with gold.
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Bom Jesus do Monte
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.06
    175
    8
    Carried out primarily in a Baroque style (AB ev)
  • Žatec – Landscape of Hops
    Inscribed: 2023
    1.97
    73
    8
    "The mostly two-storey Baroque and Renaissance fabric..." (AB ev)
  • Zacatecas
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.03
    61
    4
    The Cathedral (1730-60) is a highly decorated Baroque structure (AB ev)
  • Wooden Churches of Maramures
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.50
    90
    6
    The Church of the Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple: "The painter Hodor Toader did the painted decoration in 1806, using an iconography and style which confirms the influences of Baroque and Rococo painting, especially in the naos and sanctuary." (AB Ev) – "The church (...) features some of the most representative baroque indoor murals in Maramures." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Willemstad
    Willemstad
    Netherlands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.03
    79
    4
    "In the 18th century the so-called Curaçao Baroque architecture evolved, with facades in a wide variety of forms, the curved gable being the unifying feature.” - AB Evaluation
  • Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.80
    149
    6
    several palaces at Nizza Monferrato such as Palazzo De Benedetto and Palazzo Crova
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.02
    591
    20
    Saint Charles' Church, Jesuit Church, Domenican Church, St Peter's Church
  • Versailles
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.98
    521
    12
  • Valletta
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.76
    382
    10
  • Val d'Orcia
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.23
    199
    11
    Palazzo Chigi Zondadari in San Quirico d'Orcia
    See it.wikipedia.org
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    317
    12
    Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz
  • The Porticoes of Bologna
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.99
    296
    6
    The Meloncello arch is one of the most brilliant examples of Bolognese Baroque architecture (nom file)
  • Syracuse
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.59
    247
    8
    "The group of monuments and archaeological sites situated in Syracuse (between the nucleus of Ortygia and the vestiges located throughout the urban area) is the finest example of outstanding architectural creation encompassing several cultural influences (Greek, Roman and Baroque)." (Official description – Criterion iv) – A remarkable example of Baroque architecture is the façade of the Cathedral, classified as "High Sicilian Baroque"
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Segovia
    Segovia
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.85
    266
    16
    Church of San Esteban: "Baroque interior rebuilt after fire, 18th century
    See www.manuelcohen.com
  • Santa Cruz de Mompox
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.72
    34
    4
    Santa Barbara Church, dome and bell tower
  • San Antonio Missions
    San Antonio Missions
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2015
    2.99
    166
    7
    Church at Mission Concepción: late baroque style of New Spain (AB ev)
  • Salzburg
    Salzburg
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.75
    452
    17
    Many buildings including Salzburg Cathedral
  • Salamanca
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.55
    200
    10
    Plaza Mayor: "was built in the traditional Spanish baroque style"
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    301
    14
    The choir of the Church Sainte-Quitterie d'Aire – Main altar of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay – The baroque style canopy of the tomb of Saint Saturnin in the Basilica of Saint-Sernin in Toulouse
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Route of Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.41
    231
    8
    Sobrado Abbey: "The monumental new Baroque abbey church was dedicated in 1708."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Røros
    Røros
    Norway
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.02
    92
    5
    The Baroque church with its white-washed walls (AB ev extension)
  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.20
    203
    11
    "The town was not significantly damaged in World War II and so the historic centre has survived intact, with its original medieval layout and many Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque buildings of high quality." (AB Ev)
  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.28
    585
    16
    St. Nicholas Church (Old Town Square) and St. Nicholas Cathedral and many other buildings
  • Poblet Monastery
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.05
    156
    8
    n a straight line with the Golden Gate, you can see the access door to the atrium of the monastery church, opened in the wall surrounding the 3rd enclosure. It is a 17th century baroque gate that was built by the Duke of Cardona in 1670.
    See es.wikipedia.org
  • Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.91
    324
    6
    The Hall of Realms, the last remnant of the baroque Palace of "el buen Retiro".
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    680
    20
    Les Invalides
  • Par force hunting landscape
    Inscribed: 2015
    1.96
    156
    8
    Eremitageslottet
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.93
    252
    12
    Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua: "The largest of the chapels that open off the ambulatory is the Treasury Chapel, a baroque work by the Genoese architect Filippo Parodi, a pupil of Bernini." (Nomination file, p. 115)
  • Oporto
    Oporto
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.87
    381
    11
    Church of Sao Francisco (noted for its outstanding Baroque inner decoration - wiki)
  • Oaxaca and Monte Alban
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.72
    135
    7
    The Church and former monastery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán (...) is a Baroque ecclesiastical building complex (wiki)
  • Moravian Church Settlements
    Moravian Church Settlements
    Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
    Inscribed: 2015
    1.91
    193
    15
    Although the town plan possesses Baroque elements, the town was constructed in a time of change, and there are architectural elements from the Baroque, Rococo, and Classical styles. (nom file)
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.84
    274
    8
    As the capital of the "Virreinato de Nueva España" and known as the "City of Palaces" during the apogee of Baroque, the historic centre of Mexico City is full of ecclesiastical and civil jewels of baroque, as: • Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de la Santísima Virgen María: its construction started in 1571 and ended in 1813, therefore having a mix of consecutive architectural styles, but Baroque is considered the most prominent. At Plaza de la Constitución S/N. • La Profesa, Oratory of San Felipe Neri: at Isabel La Católica #21. Concluded in neoclassical style by Manuel Tolsá. • Chapel of Nuestra Señora del Pilar (la Enseñanza): at Donceles #102. • Temple and fmr. convent of Santa Inés: at Moneda #26. • Church and fmr. convent of San Francisco: At Francisco I. Madero #7. • Church of Santo Domingo: Belisario Rodríguez S/N. • Church of Santa Teresa la Antigua: above Capilla del Cristo. At Licenciado Verdad #8. • Church and Convent of Jesús María: at Jesús María #39. • Church of San Lorenzo Diácono y Mártir: at Belisario Domínguez #28. • Church of the Inmaculada Concepción: of a more subdued baroque style, at Belisario Domínguez #3. • Parish of Santa Catarina: at República de Brasil. • Fmr. Temple of San Agustín: at República de El Salvador #76. • Museo Nacional de las Culturas: at Moneda #13 (behind the National Palace). • Church de la Santísima Trinidad: at Emiliano Zapata #60. • Church of San Bernardo: at 20 de noviembre #33. • Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público: at Moneda #4. • Casa del Marqués de Prado Alegre: at Francisco I. Madero #39. • Palacio de los Condes de San Mateo de Valparaíso: at Isabel La Católica #44. • Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso: at Justo Sierra #16. • Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina: at República de Brasil #33. Initially the Palace of the Inquisition in the city, built 1732-1736.
    See www.lamudi.com.mx
  • Margravial Opera House
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.16
    184
    8
  • Mafra
    Mafra
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.84
    152
    7
    A monumental Baroque and Italianized Neoclassical palace-monastery (wiki)
  • Longobards in Italy
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.82
    227
    14
    Santa Sophia in Benevento: "the façade shows baroque influences, mirroring the configuration given to the whole building over the years following the 1668 earthquake, and features a joined gable with a slightly curved peak." (Nomination file, p. 204) + "In 1957 most of the original appearance was restored, basing on evidence from historical documentation, with the exception of the Baroque façade." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.82
    168
    10
  • Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.55
    185
    6
    Pechersk Lavra
  • Kraków
    Kraków
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.02
    437
    19
    St Anne's Church
  • Kotor
    Kotor
    Montenegro
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.79
    303
    12
    Many of the city palaces
  • Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.57
    68
    8
  • Holy Trinity Column
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.54
    180
    10
  • Heritage of Mercury
    Heritage of Mercury
    Slovenia, Spain
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.65
    152
    8
    Idrija's Theatre and frescoes at the Gwerkenegg Castle
  • Hallstatt-Dachstein
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.61
    244
    16
    "late Baroque additions" (AB ev)
  • Guanajuato
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.87
    115
    10
  • Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.28
    442
    16
    The new town of Františkovy Lázně "was laid out initially along a central axis (founded on Baroque principles of axiality and symmetry) within which the principal functions of the spa were concentrated." "Following another fire in 1759, the city [of Karlovy Vary] was reconstructed according to late-Baroque principles." (Ab Ev) "A number of examples of Baroque architecture may be seen in The Great Spas of Europe. Bad Ems has some exemplars, including: one of the earliest hotels in Europe, the 'house with the four towers' located in the Kurpark". "The massive Baroque church of St Mary Magdalene stands high above the Vřídló Hotspring in Karlovy Vary". (Nomination File, p. 64, 317)
  • Graz
    Graz
    Austria
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.97
    255
    10
    Schloss Eggenberg
  • Grand Place, Brussels
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.49
    555
    20
    "(...) houses occupied by powerful corporations. Each different but built over a very short time, they illustrate remarkably the Baroque architecture of the late 17th century, with a singular treatment of the gables and decorations, sometimes fretted, sometimes more classical." (Official description)
  • Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.86
    41
    6
    There are also some features taken from Mexican baroque art of the 17th and 18th centuries (AB ev)
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    587
    15
    Complex of San Firenze, Ognissanti, San Gaetano, Santa Maria del Carmine, the interior of the Santissima Annunziata and rooms decorated by Pietro da Cortona in the Palazzo Pitti
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10
    Chiesa dei Teatini, Palazzo Paradiso, San Carlo Borromeo
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Fasil Ghebbi
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.13
    57
    3
    Baroque influence
  • Drottningholm
    Inscribed: 1991
    2.84
    238
    11
  • Corvey
    Corvey
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.30
    162
    7
    Current Abbey is a replacement, built in Baroque style
  • Bom Jesus do Congonhas
    Inscribed: 1985
    2.76
    52
    7
  • City of Luxembourg
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.17
    440
    12
    Saint Michael's Church "unites Romanesque and Baroque architectural styles, pre-dating the national Moselle Baroque style."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Camino Real
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.61
    136
    8
    Former convent of San Francisco in Tepeji del Río - Baroque murals by Juan Correa and Francisco Martinez ; Durango - large Baroque Cathedral (AB ev)
  • Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.98
    183
    8
    Baroque water display (AB ev)
  • Belfries
    Belfries
    Belgium, France
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.95
    441
    17
    belfry of Mons
  • Baroque Churches
    Baroque Churches
    Philippines
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.87
    135
    16
  • Atlantic Forest South-East
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.02
    39
    5
    Ivapurunduva's 'Quilombo' Chapel
    See www.eoearth.org
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.76
    249
    8
    The temple of Minerva "currently houses a church, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, built in 1539 and renovated in Baroque style in the 17th century."
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Antigua Guatemala
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.71
    160
    10
    Antigua is where the “Barroco Sísmico” or seismic baroque was developed thanks to Diego de Porres, a Guatemalan architect after the earthquakes of 1717. He also designed various baroque churches in Guatemala and in Central America such as Basílica de Esquipulas, Guatemala and Catedral de León, Nicaragua.
  • Amsterdam Canal Ring
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.78
    604
    9
    Dutch Baroque - several, including Paleis op de Dam
  • Paraty and Ilha Grande
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.21
    80
    5
    There are four important historic baroque churches in Paraty (wiki)