Spain is a country of conquistadors and sailors, merchants and travelers, pirates and beautiful women, exquisite dishes and picturesque architecture. In the Spanish kingdom throughout its existence revolutions thundered, dictatorial power was overthrown, the post-war regime was destroyed. People returned to peaceful life and revived monuments of historical times. Artists sprinkled their canvases, and masters sculpted buildings and gigantic monuments. Spain lived according to the unwritten laws known only to her and still exists in beautiful and outstanding performance as a relic civilization.
Spanish architecture - the cultural value of the world
Perhaps, the architecture of such a beautiful country like Spain should be treated with all respect. This is an unpredictable and fantastic world, surrounded on different sides by the high ridges of the Pyrenees and Cantabria, as well as the Iberian and Catalan mountains with the Canary Islands adjacent to them. Throughout these natural tablets and is the proud kingdom of the Spanish people. Turrets of palaces and museums, columns of amphitheaters, statues of Roman gods and heroes of ancient Greek Hellas. Openwork houses and mosaic front gardens, alleys and fountains, parks and galleries. Cathedrals and mosques, monuments of European and Islamic styles, unforgettable buildings that conquer with fabulousness and originality. The architecture of Spain is amazing with its splendor, despite the modest size of the Atlantic state.
The style of the Spanish ancestors
Having been in this paradise, attracting millions of tourists, you will remember all your life exciting emotions from experienced beauties. The styles of architecture in Spain amaze with the depth of inspiration and the uniqueness of creation. Many of the buildings of the times of Rome are built of solid brick, still polished by the winds of stories. Mudejar - the so-called style of architecture, created from this noble material. He incorporated the handiwork and intelligence of European, Jewish and Moorish masters. Also in the masonry there are Gothic and Baroque styles that arose in the early 17-18 centuries. And in the 19-20 centuries, Art Nouveau was born - the image of the art school of the talented architect Antonio Gaudi. Many works are included in the UNESCO World Heritage. These are exhibits such as a park with a castle, commissioned by the Catalan industrialist and politician Eusebi Güell and named after him, Vicenç's house, Batlló estate and the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. At the sunset of the 19th century, the Neomudejar facing style came into fashion, in the exclusive of which the decoration of arches, domes and walls with mosaic and colorful clay tiles predominated.
Monuments of Spain as a revitalized heritage of Catalonia
The diversity and grandeur of cultural and heritage monuments that spanish the plateaus of the mountainous country enchant and immerse in the distant milestones of epics and legends. Starting from the ruins of the Roman settlers of La Llosa, you can take a stunning tour of the territories and scales. These are beautiful monuments of architecture of Spain, such as:
- The fortified wall, starting at the Church of St. Mary and stretching to Plaza Catalunya.
- Siege walls and gates of Alcudia;
- The architectural ruins of Baelo Claudia and La Llosa.
- Towers of Tavira and Torre del Oro, Torre Vella and Almenaras, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the fortress of the Moors.
- The bridges of Alcantara, Maria Cristina, Subisuri and the iron Pont De Ferro;
- The gates of the Sun and Jerez, Puerta de Tierra and Alcudia.
- Fountains of the water maze, luminous and enchanting.
- Pedestals of Columbus, Don Giovanni, copper-bronze monument "Victory".
- Necropolises and theaters, municipalities and hospitals, palaces and idols.
And also many other rarities of a cultural society of all time are collected in one amazing kingdom. She talks about past events and excites when you touch her, makes you plunge completely into the luxurious created quirks, and her name is Spanish architecture. Photos of the rarities of this charming temptress are filled with albums of not only connoisseurs, but also regular lovers who love to return again and again to the heritage of Catalonia.
Moorish style as a miracle of the Golden Age
In the Middle Ages, at the turn of the 8th century, a unique style of Moorish origin was born in the Spanish county. It was based on the Islamic and Spanish brush architects. This combination of architecture was brought about by the formation of Arab enlightenment on the Iberian Peninsula. The main event of culture was the construction in 784 of the Mesquite - the Roman Catholic cathedral. In subsequent years, these elements and design were improved and saturated with the outlandish decor of the creators. These are carved platbands and arches with delicate bindings, the walls and towers of palaces, made in the form of teeth and rhombs. Carved laces, metal majolica and crushed plinth were superimposed on the brick skeletons. The roofs of the towers began to be framed by eight-pointed stars.
Continued on Mauritania and the Cathedrals
In the UNESCO book, designs such as the royal Alcazars (castles) of Alfonso 11th and Seville, the Cathedral of St. Mary and the parish of Santiago del Arrabal, made in the unsurpassed Moorish style, are protected. The throne halls of the chambers were framed with gilding and inlay, and the columns and pedestals - with curly carvings and sculptures with decorative elements built into them. Miracle style intervened in the artistic acts of the ages and mixed Gothic and Romanesque traditions with a new all-consuming trend. The Moorish architecture of Spain painted bizarre catalogs with its paintings and embodied the historical plans of mankind.
Baroque style as a museum jewel of Spain
A significant contribution to the tablets of the museum brought the baroque style of Spain. The architecture of this work is rich in the decoration of the facades of dwellings, greenhouses and holy houses. Baroque begins its journey from the second half of the 17th century and breaks into a vortex in the eighteenth. The creators of such a graceful style were few masters, but those who paid tribute to him, became, in fact, the "oligarchs" of this manuscript. Such instigators and virtuosos of their craft were the Churriger brothers. Five soul mates - Joaquim, Miguel, Alberto, Manuel and Jose Benito - ennobled most of Spain with Baroque beauty.
17th century Spanish architectural tablets
In general, the architecture of Spain of the 17th century begins to amaze with its emancipation and luxury. Religious sculpture appears in the country along with folk traditions, strengthening and forming them. Zurbaran Francisco is a wooden architect performing the first abstraction work on plastic with elements of mysticism. The artist’s most material creations were: “Still Life with Lemons and Oranges” - 1633, “Madonna in Adolescence” - 1660, “Still Life with Vases and Cups” - 1640. The seventeenth century is full of dramatic episodes in art and counter-reformation sentiments in society. In this difficult period, a realistic form of sketch addition developed expressively.
What the 19th century prepared for us, or Glamorous Spain
In the 19th century, the channel of perfection spilled over into the era of Gothic and Art Nouveau. Frame skeletons of buildings made of reinforced concrete structures began to be erected. The decoration was made of stone and forged steel, glass and plywood. Hard clay, asbestos and tiles were also used. The architecture of Spain of the 19th century expanded its borders, having penetrated the future of sculptures and structures with more solid and advanced foundations. It was now possible to undertake and build freely from any improvised materials. The plasticity and durability of the masses, the dynamics and artistic effects of the painting, the correct geometric contours - the main feature of architectural sculptures and decorative finishes of the nineteenth century.
Oh, how many wonderful discoveries there are!
In the azure country of the Spanish ancestors involved a great many architectural attractions and style discoveries. To list them all will not seem possible because of the abundance of those. The architecture of Spain has thousands of memorials and structures. We list the main and significant creations of the hands of eminent people:
- Gothic temples - Alcazar, Burgas and Seville, Toledo and Tarragona.
- Castles and palaces - Rachel and Argimon, Vilasar and Medion, Mantaplan and Manresan, Arench de Empordà and Montsori, as well as hundreds of stone-sculpted creations.
- Catalan National Museum with a Gothic Quarter and Montserrat Monastery, Park Guell and Citadel.
- The houses of Calvette, Mila, Vincennes and the chapel of the family sagrada.
Not every world empire can boast such delights. What is invested in Spain is all the merit of the rare artisans and specialists who once lived here.
Creators of culture
The revival architecture in Spain begins far back to 711, when the kingdom was marked by the settlement of Muslims. In the Iberian lands, the architectural structures of the ancient civilizations of the pre-Roman era were found. They included representatives of tribes called cantabras, Celtiberians and Iberians. After the ancient era, inimitable inspiration and figures came to the culture of Spain, such as: Gaudi Antonio and Juan de Villanueva, Jose Acebillo and Vicente Acero, Santiago Calatrava and Juan Gomez de Mora, Pedro Machuca and Rafael Moneo, Damian Forment and Josera Benito, Joséra Benito Benito Nunez-Janowski and Joaquin Rucoba. As well as dozens of phenomenal creators of different generations. All of them have done the laborious work of flourishing and building up Spanish territories. Thanks to such architects, sculptors, masons and other handicraft masters, Spain has become the apple of God and the heart of the cultural world.
