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Gaspar Méndez (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1546) was a Spanish architect of the mid 16th century. He was noted for his prolific work on buildings in
Badajoz Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portugal, Portuguese Portugal–Spain border, border, on the left bank of the river ...
, notably
Badajoz Cathedral The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist () is a Catholic cathedral in Badajoz, Extremadura, western Spain. Since 1994, together with the Co-cathedral of Saint Mary Major of Mérida, it is the seat of the Archdiocese of Mérida-Badaj ...
and the Adoratrices chapel. The tower of Badajoz Cathedral, in height, was built in the Gothic style in 1542 under Méndez. Built with ashlar masonry, the windows are made of stone and carved. A street, Calle Gaspar Méndez, is named after him in the southwestern suburbs.


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16th-century Spanish architects 16th-century Spanish people People from Badajoz 1540s in Spain {{Spain-architect-stub