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Petäjävesi Old Church
The Old Church of Petäjävesi in central Finland was built from logs between 1763 and 1765. This Lutheran country church is a typical example of the unique architectural tradition of Eastern Scandinavia. It combines the centrally planned church concept of the Renaissance with ancient forms derived from the Gothic quadrangular vault.
Litomyšl Castle
Litomyšl Castle was originally a Renaissance arcaded castle, a type of architecture that originated in Italy and was adopted and developed in Central Europe in the 16th century. It is particularly finely designed and decorated, including High Baroque features added in the late 18th century. It has preserved intact a number of outbuildings associated with this type of aristocratic residence.
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
Developed around a ford on the Po River, Ferrara became an intellectual and artistic centre, attracting the greatest thinkers of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Here, Piero della Francesca, Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna decorated the palace of the Este family. From 1492, Biagio Rossetti built neighbourhoods based on new principles of perspective, where the humanist concept of the "ideal city" came to life. The completion of this project marked the birth of modern urban planning and influenced its subsequent development.
Mantua and Sabbioneta
Mantua and Sabbioneta in the Po Valley in northern Italy represent two aspects of Renaissance urban planning: Mantua shows the renewal and expansion of an existing city, while Sabbioneta, 30 km away, represents the implementation of the period's theories on planning an ideal city. Mantua's layout is generally irregular, and the regular part shows different stages of development since the Roman period, including many medieval buildings, including an 11th-century rotunda and a Baroque theater. Sabbioneta was built in the second half of the 16th century under the rule of one man, Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna, and can be described as a city of a single period, with a right-angled grid layout. Both cities bear extraordinary testimony to the urban, architectural and artistic realization of the Renaissance, and are linked by the vision and actions of the ruling Gonzaga family. The two towns are important for the value of their architecture and for their prominent role in the dissemination of Renaissance culture. The Renaissance ideals promoted by the Gonzaga family are reflected in the morphology and architecture of the towns.
Mir Castle Complex
The castle was originally built at the end of the 15th century in Gothic style. It was later expanded and rebuilt, first in Renaissance style and then in Baroque style. After being abandoned for nearly a century and suffering serious damage during the Napoleonic period, the castle was restored at the end of the 19th century, with the addition of many other elements and the transformation of the surrounding area into a park. Its current form bears vivid witness to its turbulent history.
Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing house and publishing house with a history dating back to the Renaissance and Baroque period. Located in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities in early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is closely linked to the history of the invention and spread of printing. Its name refers to the greatest print publisher of the second half of the 16th century: Christophe Plantin (c. 1520-89). The monument is of outstanding architectural value. It documents in detail the life and work of the most productive printing and publishing house in Europe at the end of the 16th century. The company's building, which was in operation until 1867, houses a large collection of old printing equipment, a large library, valuable archives and works of art, including a painting by Rubens.
Historic Centre of Florence
Florence is a symbol of the Renaissance, founded as an Etruscan settlement, which rose to economic and cultural dominance under the Medici family in the 15th and 16th centuries. Florence's 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity are reflected in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), Santa Croce, the Uffizi Gallery and the Pitti Palace, as well as works by masters such as Giotto, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo.
Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau is a medieval royal hunting lodge located in the heart of a vast forest in the Ile-de-France. It has been used by French kings since the 12th century. In the 16th century, Francis I remodeled, expanded and decorated it. He wanted to make it a "New Rome". This Italian-style palace is surrounded by a huge park and combines the artistic traditions of the Renaissance and France.
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
Renaissance urban planning ideas were first put into practice in the Tuscan town in 1459, when Pope Pius II decided to change the face of his birthplace. He chose the architect Bernardo Rossellino, who applied the principles of his mentor, Leon Battista Alberti. This new vision of urban space was realized in the magnificent square known as Piazza Pius II and the buildings surrounding it: Palazzo Piccolomini, Palazzo Borgia and the Cathedral, with a pure Renaissance exterior and a late Gothic interior inspired by southern German churches.
Val d'Orcia
The landscape of the Val d'Orcia is part of Siena's agricultural hinterland, and when it was incorporated into the city-state's territory in the 14th and 15th centuries, it was redrawn and developed to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create a pleasing picture. The unique aesthetic of the landscape, with flat chalk plains rising up to almost conical hills topped by fortifications, inspired many artists. Their images became models of the beauty of a well-managed agricultural landscape during the Renaissance. The inscriptions cover: agricultural and pastoral landscapes reflecting innovative land management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; the Roman Via Francigena and its associated monasteries, inns, shrines, bridges, etc.
Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
The urban form of the small cities of Úbeda and Baeza in southern Spain can be traced back to the Moors in the 9th century and the Reconquista in the 13th century. An important development took place in the 16th century, when these cities followed the vein of the emerging Renaissance. This planning intervention was part of the introduction of new Italian humanist ideas into Spain, which had a great influence on the architecture of Latin America.
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
The Portuguese fortress of Mazagan, now part of the city of El Jadida, is located 90 km southwest of Casablanca and was built in the early 16th century as a fortified settlement on the Atlantic coast. The city was captured by the Moroccans in 1769. The fortress and walls are an early example of Renaissance military design. Surviving Portuguese buildings include the Cistern and the Church of the Assumption, in the Manueline late Gothic style. The Portuguese city of Mazagan was one of the early settlements of Portuguese explorers in West Africa on their way to India and is an outstanding example of the mutual influence of European and Moroccan cultures, well reflected in architecture, technology and town planning.
Antigua Guatemala
Antigua was the capital of the Guatemalan Viceroyalty and was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 meters above sea level in an earthquake-prone area, Antigua was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1773, but its main monuments remain as ruins. Built in less than three centuries on a grid pattern inspired by the Italian Renaissance, the city features many fine monuments.
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
The Mehmed Pasha Sokolović Bridge spans the Drina River in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina and was built by the court architect Mimar Koca Sinan at the end of the 16th century on the orders of Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokolović. The bridge is a symbol of the heyday of the Ottoman Empire. The bridge is a landmark of architecture and civil engineering with 11 masonry arches spanning 11 to 15 meters and an entrance ramp at right angles to the four arches on the left bank of the river. The bridge is 179.5 meters long and is a masterpiece of Sinan, one of the greatest architects and engineers of the classical Ottoman period and a contemporary of the Italian Renaissance, whose works can be compared to those of the latter. The unique elegance of proportions and the grandeur of the entire site bear witness to the great architecture of this style.
Old Town of Cáceres
The city's architectural style is a mix of Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance styles, reflecting the history of wars between Moors and Christians. Of the 30 towers built during the Muslim period, the Bujako Tower is the most famous.
Fort Jesus, Mombasa
Built by the Portuguese between 1593 and 1596 to designs by Giovanni Battista Kerati to protect the port of Mombasa, the fort is one of the most outstanding and best preserved examples of 16th century Portuguese military fortification and a milestone in the history of this type of architecture. The layout and form of the fort reflect the Renaissance ideal that perfect proportion and geometric harmony can be found in the human body. The property covers an area of 2.36 hectares, including the fort's moat and surroundings.
Historic Centre of Urbino
The small hill town of Urbino in the Marche region experienced a cultural boom in the 15th century, attracting artists and scholars from all over Italy and beyond, and influencing cultural developments in the rest of Europe. Due to economic and cultural stagnation since the 16th century, it still largely retains its Renaissance appearance.
Residential area of Schwerin
Most of the Schwerin residential area was built in the first half of the 19th century in the then capital of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in what is now northeastern Germany. The residential area consists of 38 parts, including the Grand Duke's residence and estate, cultural and religious buildings, and the Pfaffenteich landscape lake. The parks, canals, ponds, lakes and public spaces meet all the needs of the capital of the principality in terms of administration, defense, service infrastructure, transportation, culture and political influence. These buildings form a unique architectural complex that reflects the historical context of the spirit of the time and showcases the neo-Renaissance, neo-Baroque and neo-classical art styles influenced by the Italian Renaissance.
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
Salvador was the first capital of Brazil from 1549 to 1763 and witnessed a fusion of European, African and Amerindian cultures. From 1558, it was also the first slave market in the New World, where slaves came to work on the sugar plantations. The city has preserved many outstanding Renaissance buildings. A feature of the old town are the brightly colored houses, often decorated with elaborate stucco.
Old City of Dubrovnik
The "Pearl of the Adriatic" on the Dalmatian coast has been an important maritime power in the Mediterranean since the 13th century. Despite being severely damaged by an earthquake in 1667, Dubrovnik has managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains. Armed conflict again took its toll on Dubrovnik in the 1990s, and it is now the focus of a major restoration program coordinated by UNESCO.
Historic Centre of Český Krumlov
Located on the Vltava River, the town was built around a 13th-century castle and combines Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements. It is an outstanding example of a medieval town in Central Europe, and its architectural heritage has remained intact thanks to more than five centuries of peaceful development.
Old City of Salamanca
This ancient university city northwest of Madrid was first conquered by the Carthaginians in the 3rd century BC, then became a Roman settlement before coming under Moorish rule in the 11th century. The university is one of the oldest in Europe and reached its peak in the 18th century. Salamanca's Golden Age. The city's historic centre features important Romanesque, Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. The main square with its galleries and arcades is particularly impressive.
Vilnius Historic Centre
Vilnius was the political center of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 13th century to the end of the 18th century, and had a profound influence on the cultural and architectural development of much of Eastern Europe. Despite invasions and partial destruction, Vilnius has preserved an impressive collection of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical buildings, as well as its medieval layout and natural environment.
Old City of Zamość
Zamość was founded in the 16th century by the chancellor Jan Zamoyski on a trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea. Modelled on Italian theories of the "ideal city" and built by Padua-based architect Bernando Morando, Zamość is a perfect example of a late 16th century Renaissance town. It retains its original layout and fortifications, as well as a large number of buildings that blend Italian and central European architectural traditions.
Historic Centre of Morelia
Founded in the 16th century, Morelia is an outstanding example of urban planning, combining Spanish Renaissance ideas with Mesoamerican experience. The city's streets fit perfectly into the hillside and still retain their original layout. More than 200 historic buildings, built of the region's unique pink stone, reflect the city's architectural history, combining medieval spirit with Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical elements. Morelia was the birthplace of several important figures in independent Mexico and played an important role in the country's history.
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica has hosted many outstanding engineers and scientists who have contributed to the town's fame. The old medieval mining center developed into a town with a Renaissance palace, a 16th-century church, an elegant square and a castle. The city center blends into the surrounding landscape and contains important relics of past mining and metallurgical activities.
Kronborg Castle
Kronborg Castle is strategically located on the River Sund, a body of water between Denmark and Sweden. Kronborg Castle has huge symbolic significance for the Danish people and played an important role in the history of Northern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. Construction of this outstanding Renaissance castle began in 1574 and its fortifications were reinforced in the late 17th century according to the standards of military architecture of the time. Kronborg Castle remains intact to this day. Kronborg Castle is world-famous for being the setting of Elsinore, the story of Shakespeare's Hamlet.