plateresque

The intricate stonework is a great example of Spain’s Plateresque style, represented by delicate, detail-packed, filigree-like carvings.

But even this greatest Christian spot in Granada, with its lacy filigree style known as Plateresque for the influence of Moorish silverwork, shines with the artistic legacy of the Moors.

In the city itself are some ancient remains, such as a temple of Mars, and the fluted columns of a temple of Diana built into a medi�val house, which, by the way, has a lovely Plateresque window, but most of the ruins lie completely outside the present town.

This short period is called Plateresque, from platero, silversmith, for its elaborate surface decoration of scrolls, medallions, and heraldic ornament is sublimated smith's work.

As it and Salamanca were the two places where the silversmith's art flourished, so they are the two centers for the best Plateresque buildings.