Take a look at this:

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/PSearch.cgi?Fn=PSearch&rec_index=A00959&no=1

Impressive, eh?

Now, what do they call this style of architecture??

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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Now, what do they call this style of architecture??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_architecture

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On 30 Aug 2009 06:18:49 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Now, what do they call this style of architecture??
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_architecture

It might possibly be Rococo. I find it hard to distinguish between them


For OTT see:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Org-catedral-granada.jpg

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2370530810059049545zhrhpt
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On 30-8-2009 11:30, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Take a look at this:
> 
> http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/PSearch.cgi?Fn=PSearch&rec_index=A00959&no=1
> 
> Impressive, eh?
> 
> Now, what do they call this style of architecture??
> 
Aaargh ?

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Warp schrieb:
> Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Now, what do they call this style of architecture??
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_architecture

For some yet undiscovered reason, first word coming to my mind was 
"baroque", too (which makes it a surprise to me that anyone else would 
agree, because I have not much of an idea what "baroque" actually /is/).

The building seems late-gothic to me though.

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Take a look at this:
> 
> http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/PSearch.cgi?Fn=PSearch&rec_index=A00959&no=1
> 
> Impressive, eh?

Very :)

> Now, what do they call this style of architecture??

They call it a Pipe Organ.

(Sorry, couldn't resist :) ).

...Chambers

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>> Take a look at this:
>>
>> http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/PSearch.cgi?Fn=PSearch&rec_index=A00959&no=1 
>>
>>
>> Impressive, eh?
> 
> Very :)

It's even more impressive in the flesh. What you can't see is that to 
the left, there's a whole heap more pipes. And round the corner is the 
Bourdon rank; looks more like a set of air vents than a musical 
instrument. Friggin' huge things!

http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/PSearch.cgi?Fn=PSearch&rec_index=A00959&no=2

It's not called a 32-foot stop for nothing. ;-)

>> Now, what do they call this style of architecture??
> 
> They call it a Pipe Organ.
> 
> (Sorry, couldn't resist :) ).

Or at least, an organ facade. (I wonder if any of those pipes speak...)

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OK, take a look at this:

http://tinyurl.com/nuktqb

and this:

http://tinyurl.com/l4xg4u

Note the pointed arches, the vaulted roof, the multiplicity of vertical 
elements, the heavily ribbed columns, the geometric designs of circles 
and epicycloids, the curves and diagonals, the general "encrusted" look 
of the curving...

Now if *I* were looking for a way to describe all this, I'd choose 
either just "ornate", or probably "gothic". But I have no idea whether 
that's technically correct...

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>> http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/PSearch.cgi?Fn=PSearch&rec_index=A00959&no=1 
>
> Aaargh ?

Only if you stand too close.

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> either just "ornate", or probably "gothic". But I have no idea whether 

First was gothic, then was baroque, then rococo, each getting more ornate 
over time.  Check wikipedia.

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