
thumb|Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in [[Spain. Churrigueresque Obradoiro façade]] thumb|Basilica and Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Lima Churrigueresque (; Spanish: Churrigueresco), also but less commonly "Ultra Baroque", 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 until about 1750, marked by extreme, expressive and florid decorative detailing, normally found above the entrance on the main façade of a building.
thumb|Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in [[Spain. Churrigueresque Obradoiro façade]] thumb|Basilica and Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Lima Churrigueresque (; Spanish: Churrigueresco), also but less commonly "Ultra Baroque", 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 until about 1750, marked by extreme, expressive and florid decorative detailing, normally found above the entrance on the main façade of a building.
==Origins== Named after the architect and sculptor, José Benito de Churriguera (1665–1725), who was born in Madrid and who worked primarily in Madrid and Salamanca, the origins of the style are said to go back to an architect and sculptor named Alonso Cano, who designed the façade of the cathedral at Granada, in 1667.
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