Spain is a country of conquistadors and sailors, merchants and travelers, pirates and beautiful women, gourmet food and picturesque architecture. Throughout its existence, revolutions thundered in the Spanish kingdom, dictatorial power was overthrown, and the post-war regime was destroyed. People returned to peaceful life and revived monuments of historical times. Artists sprinkled canvases, and craftsmen sculpted buildings and gigantic monuments. Spain lived according to unwritten laws known only to her and still exists in a beautiful and outstanding performance as a relic civilization.
Architecture of Spain - the cultural value of the world
Perhaps the architecture of such a beautiful country as Spain should be treated with all due respect. This is an unpredictable and fantastic world, surrounded on different sides by the high- altitude ridges of the Pyrenees and Cantabria, as well as the Iberian and Catalan mountains with the Canary Islands adjoining them. Throughout these natural tablets lies the proud kingdom of the Spanish people. Towers of palaces and museums, amphitheater columns, 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, captivating with fabulousness and originality. The architecture of Spain is stunning in its splendor, despite the modest size of the Atlantic state.
Spanish Ancestral Style
Having been in this piece of paradise that attracts millions of tourists, you will remember all your life the exciting sensations from the experienced beauties. The styles of architecture in Spain amaze with the depth of inspiration and the uniqueness of creation. Many buildings from the time of Rome were built of durable brick, which is still polished by the winds of history. Mudéjar is the name of the style of architecture created from this noble material. He absorbed the handiwork and intellect of European, Jewish and Mauritanian masters. Also in the brickwork there are Gothic and Baroque styles that arose in the early 17th and 18th 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 political figure Eusebi Güell and named after him, the house of Vicens, the estate of Batllo and the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. At the end of the 19th century, the Neo-Mudejar facing style came into fashion, the exclusivity of which was dominated by the decoration of arches, domes and walls with mosaics and colorful clay tiles.
Monuments of Spain as the heritage of Catalonia revived
The variety and grandeur of cultural and heritage monuments that radiate the Spanish plateaus of a mountainous country enchant and plunge into distant milestones of epics and legends. Starting from the ruins of the Roman settlers of La Llosa, you can make a stunning tour of the territories and villages. These are beautiful architectural monuments of Spain, such as:
- Fortification-wall, starting at the Church of St. Mary and stretching to Plaza Catalunya.
- Siege walls and gates of Alcudia;
- Architectural ruins of Baelo Claudia and La Llosa.
- Tavira Towers and Torre del Oro, Torre Vella and Almenaras, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Fort Moors.
- The bridges of Alcantara, Maria Christina, Subisuri and the iron Pont De Ferro;
- Gate of the Sun and Jerez, Puerta de Tierra and Alcudia.
- Water maze fountains, luminous and enchanting.
- Pedestals to Columbus, Don Juan, copper-bronze monument "Victory".
- Necropolises and theaters, municipalities and hospitals, palaces and idols.
As well as many other rarities of the cultural society of all time are collected in one amazing kingdom. She talks about past events and excites when you touch her, makes you immerse yourself completely in luxurious created whims, and her name is the architecture of Spain. Photos of the rarities of this charming temptress fill the albums not only of connoisseurs, but also of amateur regulars 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 dawn of the 8th century, a unique style of Moorish origin was born in a Spanish county. It was based on the Islamic and Spanish brushes of architects. This fusion of architecture was brought about by the rise of the Arab Enlightenment in the Iberian Peninsula. The main cultural event was the construction in 784 of the Mezquita, a Catholic Roman cathedral. In subsequent years, these elements and design were improved and saturated with outlandish decor of the creators. These are carved architraves and arches with openwork bindings, walls and towers of palaces, made in the form of teeth and rhombuses. Carved lace, metal majolica and crushed plinth were superimposed on the brick frames. Eight-pointed stars began to frame the roofs of the towers.
Continued on Mauritania and cathedrals
In the UNESCO book, constructions such as the royal alcazars (castles) of Alphonse 11th and Seville, the Cathedral of St. Mary and the parish of Santiago del Arrabal, made in an unsurpassed Moorish style, are taken under protection. The throne rooms of the chambers were framed with gilding and inlay, and the columns and pedestals were framed with figured carving and molding with decorative elements built into them. Miracle Style intervened in the artistic deeds of the eras and mixed Gothic and Romanesque traditions with a new all-consuming direction. The Moorish architecture of Spain has painted bizarre catalogs and embodied the historical designs of mankind.
Baroque style as a museum jewel of Spain
A significant contribution to the museumthe tablets brought the baroque style of Spain. The architecture of this work is rich in decorations for the facades of dwellings, greenhouses and holy houses. Baroque begins its journey from the second half of the 17th century and bursts into the eighteenth century with a whirlwind. Few masters were the masters of such a graceful style, but those who paid tribute to him became, in fact, the "oligarchs" of this manuscript. Churrigera brothers were such instigators and virtuosos of their cause. Five kindred spirits - Joaquim, Miguel, Alberto, Manuel and José Benito - ennobled much 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 shaping them. Zurbaran Francisco is a wooden architect, performing the first abstract works on plastic with elements of mysticism. The most material creations of the artist were: "Still life with lemons and oranges" - 1633, "Madonna in adolescence" - 1660, "Still life of vases and cups" - 1640. The seventeenth century is full of dramatic episodes in art and counter-reformation moods in society. During this difficult period, the realistic form of etude composition developed expressively.
What the 19th century has prepared for us, or Glamorous Spain
In the 19th century, the channel of perfection flowed into the era of Gothic and Art Nouveau. The frame skeletons of buildings made of reinforced concrete structures began to be erected. Finishing was carried out from stone and forged steel, glass and plywood. Hard rocks of clay, asbestos andtiles. The architecture of Spain in the 19th century expanded its boundaries, infiltrating the future of sculptures and structures with stronger and more perfect 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 painting, the correct geometric contours are the main features of architectural sculptures and decorative finishes of the nineteenth century.
Oh, how many wonderful discoveries there
In the azure country of Spanish ancestors, a great many architectural sights and stylistic discoveries are involved. It would be impossible to list them all because of the abundance of them. The architecture of Spain has thousands of memorable memorials and structures. Let's list the main and significant creations of the hands of eminent people:
- Gothic temples - Alcazar, Burgas and Seville, Toledo and Tarragon.
- Castles and palaces - Rachadel and Argimon, Vilassar and Medion, Mantaplan and Manresan, Arench de Emporda and Montsori, as well as hundreds of stone-stucco creations.
- Catalan National Museum with the Gothic Quarter and Montserrat Monastery, Parks Güell and the Ciutadella.
- Houses of Calvet, Mila, Vincennes and the chapel of the family sagrada.
Not every world empire can boast of such delights. What is invested in Spain is all the merit of the rare handicraftsmen and specialists who once lived here.
Creators of culture
Renaissance architecture in Spain beginsstill far before 711, when the kingdom was marked by the settlement of Muslims. In the Pyrenean lands, architectural structures of ancient civilizations of the pre-Roman era were found. They were representatives of the tribes called Cantabras, Celtiberians and Iberians. After the ancient era, inimitable inspirers 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 Jose Benito Churrigera, Manuel Nunes-Yanovsky and Joaquin Rukoba. As well as dozens of phenomenal creators of different generations. All of them did the laborious work of flourishing and building up the Spanish territories. Thanks to such architects, sculptors, masons and other craftsmen, Spain has become the apple of God and the heart of the cultural world.
Sculpting grace is not digging catacombs
Now we know how the architecture of Spain began and how far it went before reaching the heights of the priceless presumption of adoration. How many minds and hands worked on the great Spanish enlightenment in order to create the unseen. The grace that will be passed on to children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and further along the genealogical branch of the tree. Even in order to build catacombs, you need skill and ingenuity. And even more so to create immortal creations. After all, the soul of an individual architect was invested in every detail, he indulged each of them with his breath and patience, warmly stroked along and across and carefully inserted into place. A trip to Spain will be the best confirmation of that. And it's better to see everything for yourselfdo it with your own eyes and bring a piece of noble memory from there, where the captivating heights of bridges and the huge halls of temples and museums will give true pleasure for the rest of your life.
