Peruvian colonial architecture: Difference between revisions

Cathedral of Cuzco mestizo baroque style of plateresque xiloformo.

The Peruvian viceroyal architecture, developed in the Viceroyalty of Peru between the 16th and 19th centuries, was characterized by the importation and adaptation of European architectural styles to the Peruvian reality, yielding an original architecture.

The use of building systems as the quincha, the ornamentation of Andean iconography and solutions to give new forms to Peruvian viceroyal architecture an own identity.

Renaissance Style

Cathedral of Lima with Renaissance central doorway and towers.

Baroque facade of the Torre Tagle Palace, with balconies in Mudéjar style art.

Central Chapel, neoclassical and octagonal, Presbyter Matías Maestro Cemetery.

In the early days of the colony was developed the Renaissance style, which had occurred in Europe following the stream of the Italian Renaissance. This style was characterized by the use of ornaments and watermarks that were giving away the architectural lines of the building's likeness chiseled work of silver, hence the name plateresque and where art blends Gothic, Romanesque and Arabic of the colonial period, from the 16th to mid-17th century. These are magnificent examples of this style in Lima covers the Cathedral of Lima and the Casa de Pilatos. In Ayacucho the facades of the churches of San Francisco and La Merced.

See Also

• Inca architecture
• Balconies of Lima
• Andean Baroque