"If there ever were a great flood, and only one building could be saved to show future generations the best of the Enlightenment, a good candidate would be the Casino at Marino" in Dublin, writes David Netto in this issue of WSJ. Magazine. In replacing Baroque architecture with neoclassicism, the 1760 building essentially kicked off the Age of Enlightenment and seeded "the germ of an idea from which whole cities would later be built, first in Europe and then in America." [WSJ. Magazine]
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