Hernán Ruiz the Younger (sometimes spelled Hernán Ruiz II; c. 1514 – 21 April 1569) was a Spanish Renaissance architect, active mostly in

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

. He was born in Córdoba or

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...

, the son of Hernán Ruiz the Elder, also an architect. His activities include the role of director of the construction of the Cathedral of Córdoba (from 1547) and of Seville (since 1557), the baptistery of

San Nicolás de la Villa San Nicolás de la Villa is a church in Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain. It is one of the twelve Fernandine churches built in the city after its conquest by King Ferdinand III of Castile (1236), in Gothic-Mudéjar style, although it was co ...

(1540–1554), the

Casa consistorial de Sevilla The Seville City Hall () is a Plateresque-style building in Plaza Nueva in Seville (Andalusia, Spain), currently housing the City Council of Seville. The building has a large façade divided into five modules, decorated by Plateresque reliefs; th ...

, the

Hospital de las Cinco Llagas The Hospital de las Cinco Llagas (literally "Hospital of the Five Wounds") in Seville, Spain is the current seat of the Parliament of Andalusia. History Construction of the building began in 1546, as a legacy of Don Fadrique Enríquez de Ribera, ...

("Hospital of the Five Holy Wounds") and others, including the bell tower of La Giralda. He died at Seville in 1569. His son Hernán was also an architect.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruiz, Hernan Younger 1510s births 1569 deaths People from Córdoba, Spain People from Burgos Spanish architects Renaissance architects 16th-century Spanish architects