of medieval buildings. This style quickly spread to other Italian cities and then to France, Germany, England, Russia and elsewhere. In the 16th century, Sebastiano Serlio helped codify the classical orders and Palladio's legacy evolved into the long tradition of Palladian architecture. Building off of these influences, the 17th-century architects Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren firmly established classicism in England. For the development of classicism from the mid-18th-century onwards, see Neoclassical architecture. Rococo Interior design Solitude Palace in Stuttgart and Chinese Palace in Oranienbaum, the Bavarian church of Wies
It is the world center of the Anglican Church. 26. Bath. The city of Bath in Dorset dates back to the Roman times, when a thermal spa was built there after the discovery of natural hot springs. Today the city is a popular among tourists. In the Middle Ages the town was a center of the wool industry. It was under King George III in the 18th century that Bath developed into an elegant town. Its neoclassical Palladian buildings co-exist in harmony with its Roman structures. 27. Lindisfarne. Lindisfarne is an island off the coast of Northumbria where the Irish monk St Aidan founded a monastery in 635. The island was one of the most important centers for Christianity, influencing the development of other monastic communities. Around the year 700 the monks on the island compiled the “Lindisfarne Gospels”, a book of