Juan de Álava
Juan de Álava (1480-1537) was a Spanish architect best known for his stonework produced in the Plateresque style.
Also recorded as Juan de Ibarra · Juan de Alba · Juan de Alava
Juan de Álava
José Luis Filpo Cabana · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Juan de Álava
- Born
- 1480
- Birthplace
- Larrinoa, Zigoitia, Álava, Spain
- Died
- 1537
- Place of death
- Salamanca, Spain
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages
- Spanish
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• Name — Juan de Álava • Born — 1480 • Birthplace — Larrinoa, Zigoitia, Álava, Spain • Died — 1537 • Place of death — Salamanca, Spain • Illustration — Casa de las Muertes in Salamanca
Life
Life
Juan de Álva was born in 1480 in Larrinoa, a locality of Zigoitia, Álava to a family of stonemasons. In 1502, de Álva traveled to Italy where he became familiar with Italian Renaissance architecture. de Álva worked primarily in the city of Salamanca, where many of his notable works are situated.
Projects
Projects
• Casa de las Muertes (1500), Salamanca • New Cathedral of Plasencia (1513) • Convento de San Esteban, Salamanca (1524) • Cloister of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela • Chapel of the University of Salamanca, Salamanca (demolished), Salamanca • Colegio Mayor de Santiago el Zebedeo (completed 1578), Salamanca
Asombroso logro del artista. La mejor aportación de la cantería de Villamayor. Todo el arte renacentista y elementos góticos del momento para enaltecer a la Orden Dominicana.
José Luis Filpo Cabana
Juan de Álava ejecuta la portada del colegio, continuando el proyecto de Diego de Siloé y bajo el programa ideológico del rector Fernán Pérez de Oliva (1529-1534)
Jose Luis Filpo Cabana
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1480
Juan de Álava born at Zigoitia.
1537
Juan de Álava died at Salamanca.
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Zigoitia.
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Salamanca.
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- 1.Gómez-Moreno, La capilla de la Universidad de Salamanca, Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Excursiones, 1914.
- 2.Antonio López Ferreiro, Historia de la Santa A. M. iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, tomo VIII, , Santiago, 1905 (lire en ligne)
- 3.Antonio López Ferreiro, Historia de la Santa A. M. iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, tomo VIII, , Santiago, 1905 (lire en ligne)
- 4.Universidad de Salamanca : Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca
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Juan de Álava is recorded as architect.
Santiago de Alfeo University College
1522
Casa de Diego Maldonado
1531
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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