Pedro Sanchez Falconete
Pedro Sánchez Falconete was a Spanish architect from Seville. He is known as the completer of the palatial urban structure that houses the Archivo General de Indias in the city of Seville. In 1644, on the foundations of the medieval Hospital de la Caridad in Seville, a new church was erected to plans of Falconete, altered in the long, slow course of construction by Leonardo de Figueroa.
Pedro Sanchez Falconete

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- Born
- 1586 · Seville.
- Died
- 1666
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Hospital de la Santa Caridad
- Languages
- Spanish
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Pedro Sánchez Falconete was a Spanish architect from Seville. He is known as the completer of the palatial urban structure that houses the Archivo General de Indias in the city of Seville. In 1644, on the foundations of the medieval Hospital de la Caridad in Seville, a new church was erected to plans of Falconete, altered in the long, slow course of construction by Leonardo de Figueroa.
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Born at Seville in 1586, died in 1666.
The recorded working language is Spanish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Seville. Works named in the authority record are Hospital de la Santa Caridad.

Miguel de Zumárraga realiza el primer plano en 1619, interrumpiéndose prontamente la obra. Pedro Sánchez Falconete la concluye empleando elementos de alta calidad artística (1631-1635)
José Luis Filpo Cabana

Juan de Herrera presenta a Felipe II su proyecto de la futura Lonja de Sevilla (1572). Juan de Minjares ejecuta las primeras fases de la obra (1582) que terminarían en el año 1646, interviniendo los arquitectos, Alondo de Vandelvira, Miguel de Zumárraga, Lucas Cintora y Aréjula y Pedro Sánchez Falconete.
Jose Luis Filpo Cabana
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1586
Pedro Sanchez Falconete was born in 1586.
1666
Pedro Sanchez Falconete died.
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- 1.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 13
- 2.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 14
- 3.Estebán Sánchez Falconete, alarife de la catedral.
- 4.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 15
- 5.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, pp. 15-16
- 6.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 16
- 7.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 17
- 8.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 18
- 9.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 19
- 10.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 38
- 11.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 39
- 12.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 40
- 13.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 41
- 14.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 50
- 15.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 27
- 16.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, pp. 47-48
- 17.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 28
- 18.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 31
- 19.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 52
- 20.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 32
- 21.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 51
- 22.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, pp. 50-51
- 23.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 33
- 24.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 37
- 25.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 43
- 26.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, pp. 49
- 27.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 61
- 28.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 62
- 29.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 63
- 30.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 64
- 31.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 65-70
- 32.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, p. 74
- 33.Cruz Isidoro, 1991, pp. 82-89
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