Juan Gil de Hontañón

Juan Gil de Hontañón (

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Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

1480 –

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, 11 May 1531) was a master builder and Trasmeran mason of

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during the 16th century. His first work was associated with

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, where he was associated with the school of

Juan Guas Juan Guas (c. 1430-33 – c. 1496) was a Spanish artist and architect of French origin. He worked in a group of architects to create the Isabelline style. Born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, he moved to Spain when he was young, and is often thought ...

. Hontañón was involved in the building of the

Isabelline Gothic The Isabelline style, also called the Isabelline Gothic ( es, Gótico Isabelino), or Castilian late Gothic, was the dominant architectural style of the Crown of Castile during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, Queen Isabella I of Castile and ...

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, the castle of Turégano, various monasteries, and the Cathedral of Palencia. At

, he was involved in the construction of the new cathedral there in 1512 and, in 1513, worked on the Cathedral of Seville until 1516. He then worked at Segovia again, as well as at Zamora and at Granada. His sons, who continued some of his works, were Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón and Juan Gil de Hontañón the Younger. 1480 births 1531 deaths People from Asón-Agüera Architects from Cantabria 16th-century Spanish architects Gothic architects {{Spain-architect-stub