Andrés de Vandelvira
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Andrés de Vandelvira
(1509–75), Spanish architect, apprenticed to Diego de Siloé. He was the last exponent in peninsular Spain of the style of Spanish architecture known as Granadine Renaissance. His masterpiece is Jaén Cathedral (1532–48), which influenced the redesign of Mexico Cathedral by Claudio de Arciniega in 1584 and Francisco Becerra's designs for the Peruvian cathedrals of Lima and Cuzco. Vandelvira's final building was the Chapel of El Salvador in the Santiago Hospital at Úbeda (1562–75).
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Andrés de Vandelvira
Andrés de Vandelvira (1509–1575) was a Spanish architect, active mainly in Jaén, Uclés, Baeza, and Úbeda during the Renaissance. He was born in (Alcaraz, in the province of Albacete and died in Jaén.
Among his most notable works is the Chapel of the Savior in Úbeda, based on a project by Diego de Siloé, and commissioned by Francisco de los Cobos. He also completed the Chapel of the Benavides in the convent of San Francisco of Baeza. He also helped complete the cathedral de Baeza, and the Convent of Santo Domingo de La Guardia in Jaén, and the Hospital de Santiago in Úbeda. His maaterpiece is considered the Jaén Cathedral. The church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Villacarrillo was one of his first works in Jaén.
One of his sons, Alonso de Vandelvira, published a book on stone-cutting, entitled "Libro de cortes de piedra".
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