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Nationality
  
Spanish

Period
  
Spanish Renaissance

Died
  
1570, Toledo, Spain


Role
  
Architect

Name
  
Alonso Covarrubias

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Full Name
  
Alonso de Covarrubias

Born
  
1488
Torrijos, Spain

Notable work
  
Tavera Hospital Toledo Cathedral Alcazar of Toledo Castillo de Canales Recas

Movement
  
Plateresque, Spanish Renaissance

Structures
  
Alcazar of Toledo, Hospital de la Santa Cruz, Toledo

Known for
  
Architecture, Sculpture

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Alonso de Covarrubias (Torrijos, Toledo 1488 – 1570) was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the Renaissance, active mainly in Toledo.

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Works

Covarrubias works includes:

His first work was associated with Antón Egas and Juan Guas, in a style the transition between late gothic and Plateresque. In the first years of his career he worked principally as a sculptor.

First works as architect:

  • At Sigüenza Cathedral, he is credited with designing the retables of Saint Librada and Fadrique de Portugal, influenced by Francisco de Baeza (1515).
  • In the Hospital de Santa Cruz (Toledo): the courtyard and the plateresque stairway.
  • In 1532 worked in the sacristy of Sigüenza Cathedral.
  • In Toledo:

  • In 1534 he was named superintendent of the building program at Toledo Cathedral where planned the New Kings chapel.
  • In 1537 Covarrubias and Luis de Vega were named architects of the Alcázar. Covarrubias built the main façade and the courtyard.
  • (1541- ) Designed and built the Tavera Hospital (Hospital de Tavera), one of his principal buildings.
  • 154_ The façade of Episcopal palace of Toledo
  • Rebuilt the Puerta de Bisagra Nueva.
  • Other important Works:

  • In the 1530s built the cloister of the Lupiana Monastery.
  • He also worked in the Archbishop's Palace of Alcalá de Henares where he built the façade and the lost courtyard.
  • References

    Alonso de Covarrubias Wikipedia