Alonso de Covarrubias

Alonso de Covarrubias
Alcázar of Toledo. Main façade.
Born	Alonso de Covarrubias 1488 Torrijos, Spain
Died	1570 (aged 82) Toledo
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Architecture, Sculpture
Notable work	Tavera Hospital Toledo Cathedral Alcázar of Toledo Castillo de Canales Recas
Movement	Plateresque, Spanish Renaissance

Alonso de Covarrubias (Torrijos, Toledo 1488 – 1570) was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the Renaissance, active mainly in Toledo.

Covarrubias works includes:

His first work was associated with Antón Egas and Juan Guas, in a style the transition between late gothic and Plateresque. In the first years of his career he worked principally as a sculptor.

First works as architect:

In Toledo:

Other important Works:

Retables of Santa Librada and Fadrique de Portugal. Sigüenza Cathedral.

Lupiana monastery. Cloister.

Toledo – Hospital Tavera. Toledo.

Hospital of the Holly Cross. Toledo.

Puerta Bisagra. Toledo. New Bisagra gate.

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