The development of classical architecture in the Iberian Peninsula, as elsewhere, had been moribund during the centuries of building construction done in the Gothic tradition, and the neoclassical movement of the Italian Renaissance was late to arrive there.
Pengembangan arsitektur klasik di Semenanjung Iberia, seperti di tempat lain, telah mati selama berabad-abad dalam tradisi Gotik, dan gerakan neoklasik Renaisans Italia terlambat tiba di sana.