Renaissance
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Albi | "The superb houses built during the Renaissance bear witness to the vast fortunes amassed by the pastel merchants." (wiki) | |
Alcala de Henares | University | |
Angra do Heroismo | ||
Banska Stiavnica | Renaissance Old and New Castles | |
Burgos Cathedral | Golden Stairway | |
Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik | ||
Cesky Krumlov | Castle | |
Cracow | Wawel Castle, Saint Sigismund's Chapel in the Cathedral, Cloth Hall | |
Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains (Unesco website) | |
El Escurial | ||
Evora | Renaissance fountain at Largo das Portas de Moura | |
Ferrara | ||
Florence | ||
Fontainebleau | ||
Fort Jesus | Described as Renaissance military architecture (AB ev) | |
Genoa | Renaissance .. palaces (AB ev) | |
Granada | Palace of Charles V | |
Graz | Jesuit College (now priests' seminary), Eggenberg Castle (mix of late renaissance and baroque), mausoleum | |
Heritage of Mercury | Idrija: The castle is an excellent example of massive Renaissance architecture (nom fil) | |
Kremlin and Red Square | Archangel Cathedral, Palace of Facets | |
Kronborg Castle | ||
L'viv | Boim Chapel | |
La Lonja de la Seda | Many of the decorations date from the Renaissance, including the gargoyles and one of the wooden ceilings | |
Litomysl Castle | ||
Loire Valley | Chambord Castle, Blois Castle, Amboise Castle | |
Mantua and Sabbioneta | ||
Maritime Greenwich | Queen's House | |
Medici Villas and Gardens | ||
Mir Castle | First Renaissance, later Baroque style | |
Monastery of Batalha | the fine Renaissance tribune (1532) - wiki | |
Naples | Santa Caterina a Formiello and the Monteoliveto complex (Sant'Anna dei Lombardi) | |
Paris, Banks of the Seine | Louvre | |
Petäjävesi Old Church | The circular design at the top of the dome derives from the classical opaion as interpreted in Renaissance architecture. (unesco website) | |
Prague | Belveder Summer Residence | |
Quedlinburg | City Castle | |
Quito | Church of El Sagrario - The construction is of the Italian Renaissance style (wiki) | |
Rome | ||
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy | ||
Salamanca | University, New Cathedrale, Monterrey Palace, Archiebishop Fonseca's College, Saint Stephen's Convent | |
San Pedro de la Roca Castle | Renaissance design | |
Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca | Example of Renaissance urban planning | |
Santa Maria delle Grazie | ||
Santiago de Compostela | Hospital of the Catholic Kings | |
Spissky Hrad and Levoca | Levoca | |
Telc | ||
Toledo | Holy Cross Hospital | |
Upper Middle Rhine Valley | Hilchenhaus, Lorch | |
Urbino | Ducal Palace | |
Val d'Orcia | ||
Valletta | Several examples of Renaissance art and architecture, such as the hospital and the Auberge de Provence | |
Venice and its Lagoon | Marciana Library, Scuola Grande di San Marco | |
Vicenza | ||
Villa d'Este | ||
Vilnius | Royal Palace, Radziwill Palace, Saint Michael's Church, Saint Stephen's Church | |
Zamosc | ||
Úbeda and Baeza |
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