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The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France and Wilhelminism in Germany), was an architectural style of the late 19th century. The term is used to describe architecture and architectural sculptures which display important aspects of

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style, but are not of the original Baroque period. Elements of the Baroque architectural tradition were an essential part of the curriculum of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the pre-eminent school of architecture in the second half of the 19th century, and are integral to the Beaux-Arts architecture it engendered both in France and abroad. An ebullient sense of European

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encouraged an official architecture to reflect it in Britain and France, and in Germany and Italy the Baroque Revival expressed pride in the new power of the unified state.

Notable examples

* Akasaka Palace (1899–1909), Tokyo,

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* Alferaki Palace (1848), Taganrog, Russia *

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(1907–1909), Lancaster, England * Belfast City Hall (1898–1906), Belfast, Northern Ireland * Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace (1747), Saint Petersburg, Russia * Bode Museum (1904), Berlin, Germany * British Columbia Parliament Buildings (1893–1897), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada *

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(1888), Vienna, Austria *

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(1897-1906), Cardiff, Wales *

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(1907–1928), Copenhagen, Denmark * Cluj-Napoca National Theatre (1904–1906),

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, Romania * Ortaköy Mosque (1854–6), Istanbul, Turkey * Dolmabahçe Palace (1843–1856), Istanbul, Turkey * The Elms Mansion (1899–1901), Newport, Rhode Island, United States * Näsilinna (also known as the Milavida Palace) (1898), Tampere, Finland * National Theatre (1899), Oslo, Norway *

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(also known as the Paris Opera) (1861–1875), Paris, France * Port of Liverpool Building (1903–07) Liverpool, England * Rosecliff Mansion (1898–1902), Newport, Rhode Island, United States * Royal Museum for Central Africa (1905–1909), Tervuren, Belgium * Semperoper (1878), Dresden, Germany * Sofia University rectorate (1924–1934), Sofia, Bulgaria *

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(1898–1900), Warsaw, Poland * St. Barbara's Church (1910), Brooklyn,

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, United States * St. John Cantius Church (1893–1898), Chicago, United States * Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (1895–1900), New York City, United States *

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(1932–39),

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, Ireland * Cathedral of Salta (1882), Salta, Argentina *

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(1913), Budapest, Hungary *

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(1889), Vienna, Austria * National Art Gallery of Bulgaria (the former royal palace), Sofia, Bulgaria * Wenckheim Palace (1886–1889), Budapest, Hungary * Stefánia Palace (formerly named Park Club) (1893–1895), Budapest, Hungary * Gran Teatro de La Habana (1908–1915), Havana, Cuba * Old Parliament Building (1930), Colombo,

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* House of the National Assembly of Serbia (1907–1936),

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, Serbia. * Durban City Hall, South Africa * Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, Principality of Monaco There are also number of post-modern buildings with a style that might be called "Baroque", for example

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in Prague by

Vlado Milunić Vladimir Milunić (3 March 1941 – 17 September 2022) was a Czech architect. He was noted for designing the "Dancing House" in Prague with Frank Gehry. He also taught at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Early life Milunić was born ...

and

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, who have described it as "new Baroque"."''The Dancing Building, which Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic have described as "new Baroque", has divided opinion ..'", in "Architect recalls genesis of Dancing Building as coffee table book published", by Ian Willoughby, 11-07-2003
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Baroque Revival architects

* Ferdinand Fellner (1847–1917) and Hermann Helmer (1849–1919) * Arthur Meinig (1853–1904) * Sir

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(1869–1944) * Members of the Armenian Balyan family (19th Century) * Charles Garnier (1825–1898)

Gallery

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Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

(Sweden), 1893, by Jean René Pierre Litoux File:Sibiu - Casa de pe Str. N. Balcescu 6.jpg, Building in Sibiu ( Transylvania, Romania), 1892 Government_Palace_(Lima,_Peru).jpg, Government Palace of Peru, in Lima, 1938, by

Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski Ricardo de Jaxa Małachowski (born 14 May 1887 Odessa, died 6 September 1972, Lima) – was a Polish-Peruvian architect, active in Peru, one of the major architects of the capital city of Lima. Overview Ricardo (Polish: ''Ryszard Jaxa-Małachows ...

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Notable examples

Baroque Revival architects

Gallery

See also

References

Further reading