Puebla

Refers to a style that originated in late 18th-century Mexico. In architecture, it developed from the Spanish Baroque and is characterized by lavishly carved facades with distinctive tapering estípites, brilliantly colored exteriors of glazed tiles, and varied geometric contours of doorways, windows and roof levels. The style was introduced in Mexico City in the Metropolitan Sacristy facade (1749-1768) by architect Lorenzo Rodríguez, and spread swiftly.