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=== Continental Europe === [[File:Zdar Zelena hora 19.jpg|right|thumb|[[Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk]] by [[Jan Santini Aichel|Johann Santini Aichel]] (around 1720), [[Czech Republic]], historic [[Moravia]]]] Throughout France in the 16th and 17th centuries, churches continued to be built following Gothic principles (structure of the buildings, application of tracery) such as [[Saint-Eustache, Paris|St-Eustache]] (1532–1640, façade 1754) in Paris and [[Orléans Cathedral]] (1601–1829). This newer construction incorporated some little changes like the use of round arches instead of pointed arches and the application of some Classical details, until largely being replaced in new construction with the arrival of Baroque architecture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/71305/Eglise-Saint-Eustache|title=Église Saint-Eustache|publisher=Paris tourist office|access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref> In [[Bologna]], in 1646, the [[Baroque]] architect [[Carlo Rainaldi]] constructed [[Vault (architecture)|Gothic vaults]] (completed 1658) for the [[Basilica of San Petronio]] in Bologna, which had been under construction since 1390; there, the Gothic context of the structure overrode considerations of the current architectural mode. Similarly, in [[St. Salvator's Cathedral]] of [[Bruges]], the timbered medieval vaults of nave and choir were replaced by "Gothic" stone vaults in 1635 resp. 1738/39. [[Guarino Guarini]], a 17th-century Theatine monk active primarily in [[Turin]], recognized the "Gothic order" as one of the primary systems of architecture and made use of it in his practice.<ref name="EB2018">{{Cite web |title=Guarino Guarini : Italian architect, priest, mathematician, and theologian |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=n.d. |access-date=7 September 2018 |url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guarino-Guarini }}</ref> Even in [[Central Europe]] of the late 17th and 18th centuries, where Baroque dominated, some architects continued to use elements of the Gothic style. The most important example is [[Jan Santini Aichel|Johann Santini Aichel]], whose [[Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk]] in [[Žďár nad Sázavou]], Czech Republic, represents a peculiar and creative synthesis of Baroque and Gothic.<ref name="santini">{{cite web |url = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/690 |title = Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora |website = UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher = United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization|access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref> An example of another and less striking use of the Gothic style in the time is the [[Basilica of Our Lady of Hungary]] in [[Márianosztra]], Hungary, whose choir (adjacent to a Baroque nave) was long considered authentically Gothic, because the 18th-century architect used medieval shapes to emphasize the continuity of the monastic community with its 14th-century founders.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nagy |first=Gergely Domonkos |date=2013 |title=Gothicized buildings and the role of symbols in Baroque architecture |url=https://pp.bme.hu/ar/article/view/7396 |journal=Periodica Polytechnica Architecture |language=en |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=69–76 |doi=10.3311/PPar.7396 |issn=1789-3437|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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