José Benito de Churriguera
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José Benito de Churriguera
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José Benito de Churriguera was a Spanish architect, sculptor and urbanist of the late-Baroque or Rococo style. He was born in Madrid to a Catalan cabinetmaker, gilder and altarpiece joiner, Josep Simó Xoriguera i Elies and to doña Maria de Ocaña, and studied under his father along with two of his brothers. His excessively decorated style, which can be described as an obsessively over-wrought horror vacui on any surface or facade, led to the adjective churrigueresque. He and his two brothers Joaq
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Spanish architect
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Benito_de_Churriguera
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2023-09-11T18:18:21Z
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