Spanish Colonial architecture

Okey dokey kiddo, let's talk about buildings! Spanish colonial architecture is when people built big, fancy buildings in a special way a long time ago. It was mostly in places where Spanish people went to live when they were exploring parts of the world that weren't their own country.

The buildings were made of solid stones and sometimes with bricks too. And they were usually painted white so they looked very clean and pretty. It's like when you paint a picture and you want to make sure all the colours look neat and tidy, right?

When you look closely, you'll see lots of really cool details on the buildings, like lots of small balconies, big wooden doors with iron bars on the windows, long corridors, and courtyards with fountains in the middle. My favourite part is colourful tiles on the roofs, walls and floors. Some buildings had big arches and columns too.

The buildings were really important because they were used as offices, homes for very important people, museums, and even for religious ceremonies. They were designed to be sturdy and cool in hot weather, but they also looked really fancy so everyone who visited could admire how beautiful they were.

Nowadays, we can still see some of these buildings in places like Mexico, the Philippines and even in the southern parts of the USA. They're really old and special, and they're some of the most famous buildings in the world!