José Benito de Churriguera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish architect
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Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
About José Benito de Churriguera
- José Benito de Churriguera (Madrid 21 March 1665 – Madrid 2 March 1725) 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 Joaquin (1674–1724) and Alberto (1676–1750) were recognized as the leading architects of their time.
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