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[1] Among the leadership of a pueblo was an alcalde (preceded in the history of Spanish administration by the title corregidor). Spanish colonial pueblos in North America included: [2] Villa of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, now Santa Cruz, New Mexico [3]
The colonial Cathedral of Mexico City Spanish styles in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Calle Crisologo of Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines Historic center in Cuenca, Ecuador Historic center in Villa del Carbón, Mexico. Spanish colonial architecture represents Spanish colonial influence on the cities and towns of its former colonies, and is still seen ...
Casa del Herrero (also known as the Steedman Estate) is a historic house museum and botanical garden located in Montecito near Santa Barbara, California.It was designed by George Washington Smith, and is considered one of the finest examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States of America. [3]
Branciforte, originally named Villa de Branciforte, was the last of only three secular pueblos founded by the Spanish colonial government of Alta California.The pueblo was established in 1797 on the eastern bluff of the San Lorenzo River, facing Mission Santa Cruz on the west side of the river, in modern-day Santa Cruz, California.
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture is characterized by a combination of detail from several eras of Spanish Baroque, Spanish Colonial, Moorish Revival and Mexican Churrigueresque architecture. The style is marked by the prodigious use of smooth plaster ( stucco ) wall and chimney finishes, low- pitched clay tile , shed, or flat roofs, and ...
The Casa de Aliaga is a colonial-style building located in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It was built on a huaca, dateing back to May 1536, at the beginning of the founding of the city, and belonged to Conquistador Geronimo de Aliaga. Its current owner is Gonzalo Jorge de Aliaga Ascenzo, VIII Count of San Juan de Lurigancho.
Spanish colonial architecture is still found in the former colonies of the Spanish Empire in the Americas and in the Philippines.In Mexico, it is found in the Historic center of Mexico City, Puebla, Zacatecas, Querétaro, Guanajuato, and Morelia.
For Spanish Gothic, Renaissance, or Baroque - Revival styles of architecture in the United States see: Category: Spanish Revival architecture in the United States Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.