Baroque Architecture In The Czech Republic
Czech Baroque architecture refers to the architectural period of the 17th and 18th century in Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia, which comprised the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and today constitute the Czech Republic.
The spread of the Baroque style in the Czech lands was connected with the victory of the Catholic Church during the Thirty Years' War when the Catholic Church became the only legal church in the Kingdom of Bohemia (from 1627) and Margraviate of Moravia (from 1628). The heyday of Baroque style in the Czech land can be seen in the early 18th century. The Baroque style also changed the character of the Czech countryside (churches and chapels in Czech countryside are mostly Baroque).
Many of the Baroque architects who worked, lived and often also died in the Czech lands came from different countries or were of foreign origin, mainly Italian, some came also from Bavaria, Austria or France.
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