Juan de Herrera

Juan de Herrera (1530 – 15 January 1597) was a Spanish

One of the most outstanding Spanish architects in the 16th century, Herrera represents the peak of the

Herrera was interested in many branches of knowledge. His Discurso sobre la figura cúbica (Discussion of the Cubic form) tells us about his notable knowledge about geometry and mathematics. He participated in the military campaigns of Charles V in Germany, Flanders and Italy.

Biography

Juan de Herrera started his architectural career in 1561 with the

In 1563 he started to work under

The

As instructed in his 1584 will, after his death, his sepulchre was transferred from Madrid to the Church of San Juan Bautista in Maliaño, Cantabria.^[1]

Main works

• Palacio Real de Aranjuez
  (1561)
• El Escorial (1563)
• Palace of El Quexigal (1563), building since disappeared, built in Robledo de Chavela (Madrid)
• South Façade of the
  Alcázar de Toledo
  (1571–1585)
• Casa Consistorial de Toledo (1575)
• Puente de Segovia in Madrid
  (1582–1584)
• Design of the Lonja de
  Archivo de Indias
  (1583)
• Valladolid Cathedral (1589)
• Real Aposento de Torrelodones (1589), building since disappeared, built in Torrelodones.
• Puerta de Triana (1588) (demolished). One of the gates of the Walls of Seville.

Gallery

• 
  El Escorial, by Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera.
• 
  Façade of the Monastery of El Escorial
• 
  Detail of the Court of the Kings, in El Escorial.
• 
  Dome of the Basilica of El Escorial
• 
  Houses in front of the Monastery of El Escorial.
• 
  Archivo de Indias, Seville
• 
  Valladolid Cathedral
• 
  Model of the project of Herrera for the Cathedral of Valladolid.
• 
  Royal Palace of Aranjuez

See also

• Catedral de Valladolid
• Monasterio de El Escorial
• Palacio Real de Aranjuez
• Valdáliga
• Camargo, Cantabria

References

External links

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