Alberto de Churriguera
Spanish architect (1676-1750)
Alberto Churriguera (7 August 1676 – 27 February 1750) was a Spanish Baroque architect, a member of the Churriguera family. He served as master builder of the New Cathedral of Salamanca and began the construction of the Plaza Mayor, Salamanca in 1728. He built two pavilions of the Plaza Mayor, as well as other important works in Madrid and Valladolid.
Biography
He was born on August 7, 1676, in Madrid, on Calle del Oso (Lavapiés neighborhood), son of José Simón de Churriguera, a renowned sculptor and altarpiece maker from Barcelona, and María Ocaña. He was baptized in the parish of Saints Justo and Pastor of Madrid on August 28. His brothers José Benito and Joaquín, both older than him, would also become notable sculptors and architects.
Alberto was orphaned very early, in 1679, when he was about three years old, and learned the craft of architecture with his brother José Benito, helping him in construction work in Nuevo Baztán. In 1692, he accompanied José Benito on his trip to Salamanca to help him build the altarpiece of the church of the Convent of San Esteban. Two years later he was helping José Benito in the works of the College of San Agustín, also in Salamanca. In January 1698, the collaboration between the two brothers was so close that the receipts for their work were signed indistinctly by one or the other.
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