Some representative Baroque structures in Transylvania ( Romania ) are the Bánffy Palace in Cluj, the Brukenthal Palace in Sibiu and the Bishopric Palace in Oradea.

The Rococo developed in the early part of the 18th century in Paris, France as a reaction against the grandeur, symmetry and strict regulations of the Baroque, especially that of the Palace of Versailles.

Italian officers are trained at the Italian Military Academy, located in Modena, and partly housed in the Baroque Ducal Palace.

The Baroque Ducal Palace of Modena ( now a military academy )

The Palace has a Baroque façade from which the Honour Court, where the military ceremonies are held, and the Honour Staircase can be accessed.

He was best known for Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard and was a prime exponent of the English Baroque style.

Ludwigsburg Palace and Baroque Gardens, near Stuttgart

UNESCO catalogued Schönbrunn Palace on the World Heritage List in 1996, together with its gardens, as a remarkable Baroque ensemble and example of synthesis of the arts ( Gesamtkunstwerk ).

The most notable building here is the Baroque Government Palace, dating from 1664 and constructed out of red volcanic stone, it is known for its hundred arches.

The last phase of Baroque architecture in Italy is exemplified by Luigi Vanvitelli's Caserta Palace, reputedly the largest building erected in Europe in the 18th century.

Another example of the so-called International Baroque, based on Roman models with little concern for national specifics, is the Royal Palace of Madrid.

The most important Baroque palaces in Hungary were the Royal Palace in Buda, Grassalkovich Castle in Gödöllő, and Esterházy Castle in Fertőd.

Later and more mature Baroque forms in Istanbul can be found in the gates of the Dolmabahçe Palace which also has a very " eastern " flavour, combining Baroque, Romantic, and Oriental architecture.

It then passed to the illustrious Bohemian family of Lobkowicz, who had the Baroque Żagań Palace erected.

It neighbors on the Baroque Promnitzs ' Palace, which was designed by Swiss architect Giovanni Simonetti.

* Palace without Chairs: A Baroque Novel ( 1978 )

French parterres originated in 15th-century Gardens of the French Renaissance, such as the Chateau of Versailles, and were elaborated out of 16th-century Baroque Garden à la française knot gardens, and reached a climax at Versailles and its many European imitators, such as Kensington Palace ( illustration, right ).

This period was marked by buildings of mixed Neo-Classical, Baroque, Rococo and Empire styles, such as the Dolmabahçe Palace, Dolmabahçe Mosque and Ortaköy Mosque.

During this period were built in Portugal in the great works of art which are: Library of the Convent and Convent of Mafra, the Tower of the Clerics, the Baroque Library, the Church and stairs of Bom Jesus de Braga, the Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies in Lamego, the Palace and the Port of Ash Solar de Mateus in Vila Real.

Beginning of the 18th century, the princes ( Fürsten ) of Nassau built the Baroque Biebrich Palace ( Schloss Biebrich ).

* The most extensive and unforgettable building of the Baroque Era on Malá Strana is the Wallenstein Palace.

For that purpose Rinaldi built the Chinese Palace ( 1762 – 1768 ), a mix of Baroque architecture, Classicism and Chinese motifs, the Katalnaya Gorka ( roller coaster ) Pavilion ( 1762 – 1774 ), a cupola pavilion, and the Gates of Honor with the tower crowned by a spire.

Construction begun 1514, design changed with the Baroque façade ( completed 1701 ) and the cupola ( completed 1774 ).

Alessandro Scarlatti ( 2 May 1660 – 24 October 1725 ) was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas.

Andreas Schlüter ( 20 May 1664 – May 1714 ) was a German baroque sculptor and architect associated with the Petrine Baroque style of architecture and decoration.

Baroque dance is dance of the Baroque era ( roughly 1600 – 1750 ), closely linked with Baroque music, theatre and opera.

The leading figures of the second generation of historical dance research include Shirley Wynne and her Baroque Dance Ensemble which was founded at Ohio State University in the early 1970s and Wendy Hilton ( 1931 – 2002 ), a student of Belinda Quirey who supplemented the work of Melusine Wood with her own research into original sources.

In 1973, French dance historian Francine Lancelot ( 1929 – 2003 ) began her formal studies in ethnomusicology which later lead her to researching French traditional dance forms and eventually Renaissance and Baroque dances.

* Baroque or Bayon Style ( 1181 – 1243 ): In the final quarter of the 12th century, King Jayavarman VII freed the country of Angkor from occupation by an invasionary force from Champa.

The Rotunda and the Edicule's exterior were rebuilt in 1809 – 1810 by architect Komminos of Mytilene in the then current Ottoman Baroque style.

* 1657 – Michel Richard Delalande, French Baroque composer and organist ( d. 1726 )

1710 – 14 October 1740 ) was an Italian singer, harpsichordist, and composer whose works bridge the Baroque and Classical periods.

* 1685 – George Frideric Handel, German / British Baroque composer ( d. 1759 )

Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli ( 25 September 1599 – 3 August 1667 ), was an architect from Ticino who, with his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona, was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture.

* 1677 – Nicola Fago, Italian Baroque composer and teacher ( d. 1745 )

** Baroque ( 1600 – 1720 )

George Frideric Handel ( German: Georg Friedrich Händel ; ) ( 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759 ) was a German-born British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos.

Georg Philipp Telemann ( 14 March 1681 – 25 June 1767 ) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist.

The French Baroque school is exemplified by composers such as Ennemond Gaultier ( 1575 – 1651 ), Denis Gaultier ( 1597 / 1603 – 1672 ), François Dufaut ( before 1604 – before 1672 ) and many others.

During the Counter Reformation and Baroque periods ( late 16th and 17th centuries ), the cult of Mary Magdalene saw a great, new popularity as the Catholic Church publicized her as an attractive, persusasive model of repentance and reform, in keeping with the goals of the reform Council of Trent ( 1545 – 63 ).

* Quicksilver ( 2003 ), volume I: The Baroque Cycle – Clarke Award winner, 2004 ; Locus SF Award nominee, 2004

* The System of the World ( 2004 ), volume III: The Baroque Cycle – Locus SF Award winner, 2005 ; Prometheus Award winner, 2005 ; Clarke Award nominee, 2005

* 1687 – Jean Baptiste Senaillé, French born Baroque composer and violin virtuoso ( d. 1730 )

* 1599 – Étienne Moulinié, French Baroque composer ( d. 1676 )