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Juan de Herrera

1530 - 1593

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Juan de Herrera (1530 – 15 January 1597) was a Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician. One of the most outstanding Spanish architects in the 16th century, Herrera represents the peak of the Renaissance in Spain. His sober style reached full development in buildings like the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. The Herrerian style was named after him, and was representative of the architecture of the Spanish Empire of Philip II and his Austrian successors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Herrera is the 135th most popular architect (up from 151st in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Spain (up from 558th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Juan de Herrera ranks 135 out of 518. Before him are Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Sverre Fehn, Gunnar Asplund, Aino Aalto, Pier Luigi Nervi, and Philibert de l'Orme. After him are Carlo Scarpa, Max Bill, Hans Scharoun, William Le Baron Jenney, Paul Abadie, and Verner Panton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Juan de Herrera ranks 13. Before him are Uesugi Kenshin, Louis, Prince of Condé, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Anastasia Romanovna, Ruy López de Segura, and Jan Kochanowski. After him are Christopher Báthory, Starina Novak, Giambattista Benedetti, Ranuccio Farnese, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, and Symon Budny. Among people deceased in 1593, Juan de Herrera ranks 4. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Christopher Marlowe, and Emperor Ōgimachi. After him are Li Shizhen, Jacques Amyot, Maciej Stryjkowski, Symon Budny, Xu Wei, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, Hans Bol, and Abd al-Samad.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Herrera ranks 499 out of 3,355. Before him are Remedios Varo (1908), Federico Mayor Zaragoza (1934), José de Espronceda (1808), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939), Aurelius of Asturias (740), and Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo (1963). After him are Luis de Molina (1535), Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (1498), Andrés Nin Pérez (1892), Sara Montiel (1928), Manolo Blahnik (1942), and Bigas Luna (1946).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Spain

Among architects born in Spain, Juan de Herrera ranks 6. Before him are Antoni Gaudí (1852), Santiago Calatrava (1951), Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850), Ricardo Bofill (1939), and Rafael Moneo (1937). After him are Alonzo Cano (1601), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), Félix Candela (1910), and José Benito de Churriguera (1665).

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