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José Benito de Churriguera

1665 - 1725

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José Benito de Churriguera (21 March 1665, in Madrid – 2 March 1725, in Madrid) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Benito de Churriguera has received more than 28,058 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). José Benito de Churriguera is the 328th most popular architect (down from 306th in 2019), the 1,149th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,054th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Spanish Architect.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 328 out of 518. Before him are B. V. Doshi, Michael Graves, Marcello Piacentini, Gordon Bunshaft, Louis Visconti, and Heinrich Tessenow. After him are Anca Petrescu, Władysław Horodecki, Imre Makovecz, Willem Marinus Dudok, Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, and Benedetto Antelami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1665, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 8. Before him are Giuseppe Crespi, Nicolaus Bruhns, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Adriaen Coorte. After him are Giacomo F. Maraldi, Gottfried Arnold, and James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde. Among people deceased in 1725, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 8. Before him are Alessandro Scarlatti, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Mahmud Hotak, Arai Hakuseki, René de Froulay de Tessé, and Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz. After him are Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, and Jonathan Wild.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 1,149 out of 3,355. Before him are Fernando Sebastián Aguilar (1929), Rosa Montero (1951), Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Manuel Alonso Areizaga (1895), Raquel Meller (1888), and Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548). After him are Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856), Julio Jiménez (1934), Juan Martínez Montañés (1568), Paco Bienzobas (1909), Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860), and Joaquim Rifé (1942).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Spain

Among architects born in Spain, José Benito de Churriguera ranks 14. Before him are Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), Félix Candela (1910), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), Josep Maria Jujol (1879), and Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515). After him are Arturo Soria y Mata (1844), Juan de Villanueva (1739), Juan Gómez de Mora (1586), Ventura Rodríguez (1717), Enric Miralles (1955), and Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza (1918).

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