Andres Garcia de Quinones

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Nationality Spanish Name Andres de Died 1784 Structures Plaza Mayor, Salamanca		Movement Baroque Role Architect Known for Architecture

Full Name Andres Garcia de Quinones People also search for Alberto de Churriguera, Manuel de Lara Churriguera, Juan Garcia Berruguilla

Andres Garcia de Quinones (1709–1784) was a Spanish architect of the Baroque period, active in Salamanca.

Works

In Salamanca

Finished the Main square and built the city hall.

Jesuit seminary of La Clerecia, now the Pontificia university, including:

The Towers and the bell-gable.

Patio de los estudios (cloister)

Main staircase and the school´s Great Hall (Theological Hall).

Retables of the Visitation and of St. James.

In Betanzos: The General archive of Galicia. Once finished the building was used as a barracks and is now the town hall.

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