Juan Gil de Hontañón (1480 in Rasines,

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– 11 May 1531 in

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) 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

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. At the end of the 15th century he worked on the monasteries of El Parral and El Paular. Hontañón was involved in the building of the

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Segovia Cathedral, the

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, various monasteries, and the Cathedral of Palencia. In 1505, the construction of Granada Cathedral was planned and its design was entrusted to Hontañón and Enrique Egas, who were already working on the city's royal chapel. 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. In Zamora he built the funerary chapel for the Monastery of San Francisco."Convent of San Francisco", Turismo Castilla y Leon
/ref> His sons, who continued some of his works, were Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón and Juan Gil de Hontañón the Younger.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gil De Hontanon, Juan 1480 births 1531 deaths People from Asón-Agüera Architects from Cantabria 16th-century Spanish architects Gothic architects