Plateresque
[plat-uh-resk] /ˌplæt əˈrɛsk/
adjective, (sometimes initial capital letter)
1.
noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
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