Juan Bautista Lázaro de Diego

From 1875 to 1879 he worked as town-architect in Ávila. He developed a remarkable activity in the restoration of architectural heritage in the late nineteenth century. One of his biggest contributions was the introduction of Catalan vault system in Madrid, after travelling to Barcelona in 1888. He had a stained glass workshop in Ayala street, Madrid, run from 1890 to 1911. Some of his works are: • the School of the Ursulinas, • the Chapel of Saint Diego and Saint Nicholas asylum, • Church of La Milagrosa, • Church of El Pilar, • Church of Los Redentoristas, • Church of Las Reparadoras, • Church of Las Hijas de la Caridad, • Church of Cedillo, Temple of Sacred Hearts in Sabucedo de Montes, the enlargement of Ávila's cemetery or La Bañeza's cemetery. In his last years he developed a mental illness, that led him to be interned in the psychiatric sanatorium of San José de Ciempozuelos in 1908, confinement that would last until his death in 1919.

• Name — Juan Bautista Lázaro de Diego • Born — 1849 • Birthplace — León, Spain • Died — 1919 • Place of death — Ciempozuelos, Spain • Spouse — Águeda de Mora Becerra • Occupation — architect • Illustration — León Cathedral