The Karlskirche (Church of St Charles Borromeo) in Vienna is a major work of the European Baroque, whose symbolic...

Vienna – Karlskirche

1648–1740

The Kapuzinergruft (Capuchin Crypt), part of the Capuchin Friary on Neuer Markt in Vienna’s historic centre, is the...

Vienna – The Capuchin Crypt

1648–1918

Called the ‘Sun King’, Louis XIV was sole ruler of France from 1661. His wide-ranging powers and luxurious lifestyle...
Louis XIV
King of France and Navarre
1643–1715
Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini came from an aristocratic family in northern Italy. From 1652 he lived in Vienna, where his...
Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini

* 1636, † 12. Dec 1707

The so-called ‘defenestration of Prague’ in May 1618 is regarded as the beginning of the armed conflicts which took...

Bezoars are concretions found in the stomachs of ruminants. Smaller ones were ground up and used for medicinal...

Bezoar, c. 1600

1600

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