Maestro Mayor of El Escorial

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The Maestro Mayor of El Escorial was the chief architect and overseer responsible for designing and directing the construction of Spain’s monumental royal monastery-palace of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

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Maestro Mayor of El Escorial canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural office ⓘ
court position ⓘ
royal appointment ⓘ
appliesTo Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ⓘ
linked to: El Escorial

Palace of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ⓘ
linked to: El Escorial

Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ⓘ
appointedBy King of Spain ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
architecturalStyleManaged Herrerian architecture ⓘ
Spanish Renaissance architecture ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Renaissance
associatedWith Catholic Church in Spain ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ
country Monarchy of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
field architecture ⓘ
construction management ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
hasHolder Juan Bautista de Toledo ⓘ
Juan de Herrera ⓘ
heritageStatusContext UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ⓘ
inception reign of Philip II of Spain ⓘ
languageOfTitle Spanish ⓘ
location Community of Madrid ⓘ
San Lorenzo de El Escorial ⓘ
notableWork Basilica of El Escorial ⓘ
monastic buildings of El Escorial ⓘ
linked to: El Escorial

palace quarters of El Escorial ⓘ
royal pantheon at El Escorial ⓘ
linked to: El Escorial
partOf Spanish royal household administration ⓘ
purpose to ensure unified architectural design of El Escorial ⓘ
to supervise technical and artistic quality of construction ⓘ
responsibleFor coordination of craftsmen and builders at El Escorial ⓘ
design of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ⓘ
direction of construction works at El Escorial ⓘ
implementation of royal architectural directives at El Escorial ⓘ
role chief architect ⓘ
construction overseer ⓘ
designer of the building complex ⓘ
SpanishName Maestro mayor de El Escorial ⓘ
supervises carpenters at El Escorial ⓘ
decorative artists at El Escorial ⓘ
master masons at El Escorial ⓘ
stonecutters at El Escorial ⓘ
workPeriod 16th century ⓘ
Spanish Renaissance ⓘ

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Juan de Herrera → positionHeld → Maestro Mayor of El Escorial ⓘ