Ponzio creates the Borghese Chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore
1615
Completion of St. Peter's Basilica
1647
Pope Innocent X (r. 1644-55) commissions a monumental fountain to support the ancient obelisk he moved from the Circus of Maxentius to the Piazza Navona. He excludes the well-known sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini from his request for designs, but Bernini cr
1648
Pope Innocent X grants the commission for the Fountain of the Four Rivers in the Piazza Navona to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, after being shown the artist's designs by Bernini's nephew.
28 Nov 1680
Death of Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1743
Fuga creates Baroque facade of Santa Maria Maggiore
1747
St. Anne's Church, Augsburg, is restored and redesigned in the Baroque and Rococo styles.
