Luis de Vega (? - Madrid, 1562) was a 16th-century

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appointed royal architect of

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. He renovated the old Alcazar of Madrid, the vanished royal residence,Sancho, J.L., 2014, Guide Palacio Real de Madrid, Madrid: Patrimonio Nacional, and transformed the pavilion on mount El Pardo, into what is now the

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. With his nephew, the architect Gaspar de Vega, he worked on the vanished Palace of Valsaín and

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. In 1540 he designed the upper story of the "Patio de las Doncellas" (Courtyard of the Maidens) in the Alcázar of Seville. He also worked on a number of manor houses including the Palace de Dueñas in Medina del Campo, and the Francisco de los Cobos Palace in Valladolid (the Valladolid Royal Palace).

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