Editing Baroque (section)

===Spanish Baroque===
{{Main|Spanish Baroque architecture}}
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File:Palacio San Telmo facade Seville Spain.jpg|[[Palacio de San Telmo]], Seville, Andalusia, by [[Leonardo de Figueroa]], 1682–1754
File:Palacio de La Merced (52004775643).jpg|[[Palacio de la Merced]], Córdoba, Andalusia, 1245–1760
Palacio Real de Madrid - 13.jpg|[[Royal Palace of Madrid]], by [[Jean Bautista Sachetti]], 1735–1764<ref>{{cite book|last1=|first1=|title=1000 de Minuni Arhitecturale|date=2009|publisher=Editura Aquila|isbn=978-973-714-450-8|page=190|url=|language=ro}}</ref>
File:Catedral de Santiago de Compostela agosto 2018 (cropped).jpg|Façade of the Cathedral of [[Santiago de Compostela]], Spain, by [[Fernando de Casas Novoa]], 1738{{sfn|Bailey|2012|p=12}}
File:Barcelona - Palau de la Virreina - façana.jpg|[[Virreina Palace]] in [[Barcelona]], Catalonia, built between 1772 and 1778 by Josep Ausich
File:Basílica Mercè BCN.jpg|[[Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy]] in [[Barcelona]], Catalonia, built between 1765 and 1775 by José Mas Dordal
File:Salamanca - Clerecia 13.jpg|[[La Clerecía, Salamanca]], Castile and León, built between 1617 and 1754.
Iglesia-convento de Santa Teresa - Ávila 001.jpg|[[Iglesia-convento de Santa Teresa]], in [[Ávila]], Castile and León, built in the early 17th century
Ayuntamiento de Cuenca.JPG|Casa consistorial de Cuenca, in [[Cuenca, Spain|Cuenca]], Castile-La Mancha, built between 1760 and 1788 by Lorenzo de Santa María and Mateo López 
File:Iglesia de los Juanes, Valencia, España, 2014-06-29, DD 19.JPG|[[Church of Santos Juanes, Valencia]], built between 1240 and 1702
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The Catholic Church in Spain, and particularly the [[Jesuits]], were the driving force of Spanish Baroque architecture. The first major work in this style was the San Isidro Chapel in [[Madrid]], begun in 1643 by [[Pedro de la Torre]]. It contrasted an extreme richness of ornament on the exterior with simplicity in the interior, divided into multiple spaces and using effects of light to create a sense of mystery.<ref>Cabanne (1988) page 48–49</ref> The [[Santiago de Compostela Cathedral]] was modernized with a series of Baroque additions beginning at the end of the 17th century, starting with a highly ornate bell tower (1680), then flanked by two even taller and more ornate towers, called the ''Obradorio'', added between 1738 and 1750 by [[Fernando de Casas Novoa]]. Another landmark of the Spanish Baroque is the chapel tower of the [[Palace of San Telmo]] in [[Seville]] by [[Leonardo de Figueroa]].<ref name="Cabanne pages 48-51">Cabanne (1988) pp. 48–51</ref>

[[Granada]] had only been conquered from the Moors in the 15th century, and had its own distinct variety of Baroque. The painter, sculptor and architect [[Alonso Cano]] designed the Baroque interior of [[Granada Cathedral]] between 1652 and his death in 1657. It features dramatic contrasts of the massive white columns and gold decor.

The most ornamental and lavishly decorated architecture of the Spanish Baroque is called [[Churrigueresque]] style, named after the brothers [[Churriguera]], who worked primarily in [[Salamanca]] and Madrid. Their works include the buildings on Salamanca's main square, the [[Plaza Mayor, Salamanca|Plaza Mayor]] (1729).<ref name="Cabanne pages 48-51" /> This highly ornamental Baroque style was influential in many churches and cathedrals built by the Spanish in the Americas.

Other notable Spanish baroque architects of the late Baroque include [[Pedro de Ribera]], a pupil of Churriguera, who designed the [[Real Hospicio de San Fernando]] in Madrid, and [[Narciso Tomé]], who designed the celebrated [[El Transparente]] altarpiece at [[Toledo Cathedral]] (1729–1732) which gives the illusion, in certain light, of floating upwards.<ref name="Cabanne pages 48-51" />

The architects of the Spanish Baroque had an effect far beyond Spain; their work was highly influential in the churches built in the Spanish colonies in Latin America and the Philippines. The church built by the [[Jesuit]]s for the [[Museo Nacional del Virreinato|College of San Francisco Javier]] in [[Tepotzotlán]], with its ornate Baroque façade and tower, is a good example.<ref>Cabanne (1988) p. 63</ref>