Churrigueresque

Connected Sites: 12

Definition
Churrigueresque refers to a Spanish Baroque style of elaborate sculptural architectural ornament which emerged as a manner of stucco decoration in Spain in the late 17th century and was used up to about 1750, marked by extreme, expressive and florid decorative detailing, normally found above the entrance on the main facade of a building. (wiki) The style was named after José Benito de Churriguera, who appears to have been influenced by the highly decorated styles of Moorish architecture.

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Connected Sites

  • Puebla
    Puebla
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.38
    157
    9
    Capilla del Rosario, Jesuit church of La Compania and others
  • Santiago de Compostela
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.56
    228
    7
    Facade of the Cathedral
  • Arequipa
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.34
    170
    10
    Facade of the Jesuit church of La Compania, among others
  • Lima
    Lima
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    256
    10
    Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral
  • San Miguel de Allende
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.31
    116
    9
    Templo de Nuestra Senora de la Salud (facade)
  • Querétaro
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.93
    105
    9
    Santa Rosa de Viterbo
  • Cordoba
    Cordoba
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.18
    377
    9
    stalls of the Cathedral Choir
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  • Zacatecas
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.03
    62
    4
    Cathedral
  • Segovia
    Segovia
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.85
    267
    16
    The chapel of the Sacristy in the Cathedral of Segovia was designed by José Benito de Churriguera
  • Salamanca
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.55
    201
    10
    One of the original centres of this style (including Plaza Mayor)
  • Mexico City and Xochimilco
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.84
    275
    8
    Cathedral (interior altars, chapels, doors)
  • Guanajuato
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.87
    116
    10
    La Compañia