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| 1618 |
| | | The Teatro Farnese in Parma is the first to have a proscenium arch, framing perspective scenery painted on flat wings | |
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| 1629 |
| | | The sculptor and architect Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini is given the task of adding the drama of baroque to the newly completed St Peter's in Rome | |
|  | Bernini's Baldacchino in St Peter's
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| 1634 |
| | | Francesco Borromini begins work on his intricate baroque masterpiece, the Monastery of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1634-43), in Rome | |
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| 1667 |
| | | Bernini's great curving colonnade is completed, to form the piazza in front of St Peter's | |
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| 1977 |
| | | The Pompidou Centre, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, opens in Paris | |
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| 1994 |
| | | Italian architect Renzo Piano completes Kansai airport, on an artificial island in Osaka bay | |
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