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Santini also designed buildings in East Bohemia.

It is a very typical design for Santini.

West Bohemia can also boast some Santini masterpieces.

In Zvole, Santini enriched his Baroque architecture with symbolism associated with St. Wenceslas.

It was designed by one of the most prominent Baroque architects, Jan Santini Aichel.

Křtiny is an important pilgrimage site built by the prolific architect, Jan Blažej Santini.

The reconstruction was done by architect Santini, who was twenty five at that time.

Four self supporting staircases were built in the convent based on the design of Jan Santini Aichel.

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In the surrounding towns and villages of the same Abbey, Santini built several other churches with identical features.

The Karlova Koruna chateau is unique because Santini applied procedures used for designing churches to a secular building.

As like many other buildings, the design of this church was indirectly influenced by genial Baroque architect Jan Santini Aichel.

Well, you could take a walk to the local Baroque chateau, built by the Czech Italian architect genius, Jan Blažej Santini Aichel.

Giovanni Sante Gaspero Santini (b. Caprese in Tuscany, 30 Jan., 1787 d. Noventa Padovana, 26 June 1877) was an Italian astronomer and mathematician.

At the bottom part of the three arm staircases, Santini had the mirrors built Baroque pools for checking water in the foundation grate.

Following the abbot s directions, Santini created his masterpiece, the Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená hora, a UNESCO listed monument.

The ingenious architect Jan Blažej Santini Aichel breathed new life into this place by arranging the ossuary in his typical Baroque Gothic style.

This legend was used ingeniously by the architect Santini, who designed the whole church on the floor plan of a five pointed star.

Baroque architect Jan Santini Aichel prepared the plans of the chateau and the construction was then managed by another famous Baroque builder, F. M. Kaňka.

This system was brought to perfection by Santini when he built one of the churches, but here he applied it to the construction of a chateau.

In 1734, the Abbot of the monastery in Žďár commissioned Santini to build a new church that would be equally as important as the Marian pilgrimage shrine.

The Kladruby Monastery owes its current appearance to the genius of architect Jan Blažej Santini Aichel, who gave it his typical Baroque makeover but with Gothic elements.

In the 17th and 18th century, it was rebuilt in the Baroque style based on the designs of several Baroque masters J. B. Mathey, J. B. Santini and K. I. Dientzenhoffer.

In his time at Spurs, he served under ten different managers Ray Clemence, Doug Livermore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Gerry Francis, Christian Gross, George Graham, Glenn Hoddle, David Pleat, Jacques Santini and Martin Jol.

The Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelená hora in Žďár nad Sázavou is certainly one of the most important buildings designed by the Baroque builder Jan Blažej Santini Aichel.

Although the name of the architect is not mentioned anywhere in historical records, specific features of the church clearly indicate that it is the work of Jan Santini Aichl, the Czech Baroque architect.

The originally Gothic church, which was burned to the ground in the 15th century, was converted into a cathedral in the style of the Baroque Gothic by the eminent Czech architect Jan Blažej Santini.

The 18th century brought a new direction and dynamism, and also the work of the then abbot who, along with a genius of those times the architect Jan Blažej Santini Aichel, breathed new life into the area.

This UNESCO monument and work of the talented architect Jan Blažej Santini Aichel is a place which deserves to be visited by all those who appreciate its mysticism and unique architecture, interwoven with the powerful story of St. John of Nepomuk, the Czech saint.

C. Ruini (Florence, 1988) Regole di contrappunto (Mss Rome, Conservatorio di Musica S Cecilia) Aggiunte alle Regole di contrappunto di Giulio Belli (Mss Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale) Works, editions and recordings Several volumes of his unpublished autograph compositions are in the library of the Cappella Giulia, Rome, and the Bibliotheca Santini at Münster.