St. Peter's Catholic Church (Peterskirche), which stands in the heart of the Inner Stadt close to St. Stephen's Cathedral, is one of most outstanding examples of baroque architecture in Vienna.

Baroque architecture is closely entwined with the Counter-Reformation, an effort by the Catholic Church to respond to the rising challenge of Protestantism across Europe. Church leaders used ...

The Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Trinity Church) is one of Munich's first baroque style church buildings. Inside, it holds a real highlight. The abbey, completed in 1716 according to the plans of ...

The reign of King Sigismund III Vasa – a devout Catholic – was particularly ... immaculate examples of Tuscan Renaissance architecture. Churches in present-day Lviv and Vilnius also were constructed ...