Il Gesù was the city's first Jesuit church.

During the seventeenth century, it was magnificently

embellished. The Church of the Gesù (Chiesa del Gesù) is currently considered one of the greatest
masterpieces of Roman Baroque architecture in the world. n 1568, Architect Vignola began construction
on the structure. The layout has short transept arms, a narrow choir, and a semicircular apse. The nave
is relatively large, with thin square chapels on both sides. The plan exemplifies the late Renaissance's
simplicity and clarity. Architect Giacomo Della Porta then continued it by designing the church's façade.
The façade of Della Porta emphasizes harmony and seriousness, which fulfills the Counter-purpose
Reformation of asserting the authority and grandeur of the Catholic Church. Il Gesù was created with
tiny chapels instead of aisles so that all church members face the main altar. T

It is located at the summit of Ludgate Hill, London's highest point. The devotion to Paul the Apostle
extends prior to the foundation of the very first church in AD 604. In the late 17th century, Sir
Christopher Wren designed the existing church in the English Baroque style. Its construction, which was
finished during Wren's lifetime, was part of a considerable reconstruction initiative following the Great
Fire of London. St Paul's went through five preliminary design stages. The first only exists as a single
sketch and as a model component. The concept (known as the First Model Design) had a circular domed
vestibule (perhaps modeled after the Pantheon in Rome) and a rectangular basilica church. The Temple
Church might have affected the plan. It was rejected because it was deemed not "stately enough."
Wren's second design was a Greek cross, which clergy said did not meet the standards of Anglican
liturgy. After its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, it was rebuilt between 1675 and
1710, and services began in 1697.

One of Vienna's most appreciated structures is the beautiful Baroque church. t was commissioned by
Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740), who promised to build a church during the last major
plague epidemic in the early 18th century. Karlskirche was constructed between 1716 and 1737 by
Austrian architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723), whose Baroque style significantly
impacted and defined the Habsburg Empire preferences. He died before his masterwork could be
completed, which was finished by his son Joseph Emanuel. A depiction depicting St. Borromeo's ascent
is shown on the main altar. A circle of angels and sun rays is arranged above the sculptural group in front
of a light source, reflecting a similar arrangement seen in St. Peter's Basilica. It is a one-of-a-kind
architectural oddity, combining Greek and Roman antiquity with Byzantine, Renaissance, and Baroque
styles. Its symbolic elements also attempted to strengthen Vienna's historical claim to be the temporal
heart of Christendom.