Vicente Traver y Tomás (23 September 1888 – 15 November 1966) was a Spanish architect.
His most notable works were constructed in
Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
between 1915 and 1933.
Biography
Vicente Traver y Tomás was born in
Castellón de la Plana
Castellón de la Plana (officially in ca-valencia, Castelló de la Plana), or simply Castellón ( ca-valencia, Castelló, link=no) is the capital city of the province of Castellón, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the east ...
on 23 September 1888. His secondary education was at the Santa Clara Institute in his home town. He studied as an architect in Madrid, qualifying in 1912.
After completing his studies he practiced as an architect in Seville, where he remained until 1933. In 1913–15 he designed low-income housing for the city in the Real Patronato de Casas Baratas. In 1926 Traver replaced
Aníbal González as chief architect and designer for the
Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
The Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 (Spanish: ''Exposición iberoamericana de 1929'') was a world's fair held in Seville, Spain, from 9 May 1929 until 21 June 1930. Countries in attendance of the exposition included: Portugal, the United Stat ...
.
After the
Second Spanish Republic
The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of King Alfonso XIII, and was dissolved on 1 ...
was declared, in 1933 he moved back to Castellón. In April 1939, at the end of civil war, he was appointed mayor of the city and remained in office until 1942.
That year he became architect of the
Diocese of Alicante.
Works
Vicente Traver created his most important works in the city of Seville:
*Joint Royal Trust houses for low-cost housing of the future (1915)
*Miguel Garcia House Longoria Plaza Nueva, street corner Badajoz (1917-1920)
*Project for expansion of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken, never carried out due to the start of the Spanish Civil War and the recent discovery of Roman ruins in the Almoina square beside the building.
*Spanish Provident Building on Calle Orfila, the current headquarters of the
Ateneo de Sevilla (1923).
*Corpus Christi Church on Avenida de la Palmera (1929-1933)
At the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 Traver was responsible for the exhibition's Casino and the
Teatro Lope de Vega.
He also helped design the
Plaza de España Plaza de España (Square of Spain) may refer to:
In Spain
* Plaça d'Espanya, Barcelona in Barcelona
* Plaça d'Espanya (Palma) in Palma, Mallorca
* Plaza de España, Madrid in Madrid
* Plaza de España (Pontevedra) in Pontevedra
* Plaza de Es ...
.
Other works included the old warehouses of the Spanish Credit Bank, today converted into a hotel at Avenida Manuel Siurot (1927-1929),
the Seminary of Valencia and the Diocesan Seminary of the Assumption of
Tortosa
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Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buinaca, one of the hig ...
, opened in 1951, and the neo-Romanesque chapel of San Liborio (Fuente En-Segures,
Benassal).
File:Casa Longoria 001.jpg, Facade of the Casa Longoria at the Plaza Nueva, designed by Vicente Traver and built between 1917 and 1920.
File:Casino expo 1929 Séville.JPG, Exposition Casino (1929) Sevilla
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
. Designed by Vicente Traver.
File:Patio del Ateneo.JPG, Courtyward of the Ateneo de Sevilla
File:Ateneo de Sevilla.JPG, Main façade, Ateneo de Sevilla
File:Villa Luisa Sevilla.jpg, Villa Luisa, former house of Don Herman Bemberg, now open for private & corporate events under the family management. Manuel Siurot 1. Designed by Vicente Traver.
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1888 births
1966 deaths
Spanish architects
People from Castellón de la Plana
Mayors of places in the Valencian Community