19 Facts About Spanish architecture

Spanish architecture refers to architecture in any area of what is Spain, and by Spanish architects worldwide.

Spanish architecture Baroque was distinguished by its exuberant Churrigueresque decoration and the most sober Herrerian style, both developing separately from later international influences.

Ludic Spanish architecture is represented by such buildings as the theatres of Merida, Sagunto, Cadiz, Cartagena, and Tarraco, amphitheaters in Merida, Italica, Tarraco or Segobriga, and circuses in Merida, Toledo, and many others.

Religious Spanish architecture spread thougout the Peninsula; examples include the Roman temples of Barcelona, Cordoba, Vic, and Alcantara,.

Mozarabic Spanish architecture was carried out by the Mozarabs, Christians who lived in Muslim Spain from the Arab invasion until the end of the 11th century, and who maintained their distinct personality against the Christians of the northern kingdoms, to them that were emigrating in successive waves or being incorporated during the Reconquista.

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An example of this Spanish architecture is the church of Bobastro, a cave temple found in the place known as Mesas de Villaverde, in Ardales, of which only a few ruins remain.

Almohad Spanish architecture promoted new forms and decorative designs such as the multifoil arch and the sebka motif, probably influenced by the Caliphate-period Spanish architecture of Cordoba.

Romanesque Spanish architecture first developed in Spain in the 10th and 11th centuries, before Cluny's influence, in Lerida, Barcelona, Tarragona and Huesca, and in the Pyrenees, simultaneously with the north of Italy, as what is called First Romanesque or Lombard Romanesque.

Full Romanesque Spanish architecture arrived with the influence of Cluny through the Way of Saint James, that ends in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

Spanish architecture Romanesque shows the influence of Spanish architecture pre-Romanesque styles, mainly Asturian and Mozarabic, but there is a strong Moorish influence, especially the vaults of Cordoba's Mosque, and the multifoil arches.

Highlight of Spanish architecture Renaissance is represented by the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, built by Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera, where a much closer adherence to the art of ancient Rome was overpassed by an extremely sober style.

Two of the most eye-catching creations of Spanish architecture Baroque are the energetic facades of the University of Valladolid and Hospicio de San Fernando in Madrid, whose curvilinear extravagance seems to herald Antonio Gaudi and Art Nouveau.

However, Churrigueresque Baroque offered some of the most impressive combinations of space and light with buildings like Granada Charterhouse, considered to be the apotheosis of Churrigueresque style applied to interior spaces, or El Transparente of the Cathedral of Toledo by Narciso Tome, where sculpture and Spanish architecture are integrated to achieve notable light dramatic effects.

The greatest practitioner of the Spanish architecture Rococo style was a native master, Ventura Rodriguez, responsible for the dazzling interior of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza .

Spanish architecture Neoclassicism was spread by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, founded in 1752.

Spanish architecture built the Prado Museum that combined three programs - an academy, an auditorium and a museum - in one building with three separated entrances.

True capital of New Spanish architecture Baroque is Puebla, Mexico, where a ready supply of hand-painted glazed tiles and vernacular gray stone led to its evolving further into a personalised and highly localised art form with a pronounced Indian taste.

Spanish architecture Chinese influence exclusive to Spanish architecture East Indies was born when Spain colonized what is the Philippines, in South East Asia.

Pre-Spanish Philippine architecture was based on the native nipa hut, which corresponds to the tropical climate, stormy seasons, and earthquake prone environment of the archipelago.