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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan de Herrera has received more than 95,252 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Herrera is the 151st most popular architect (up from 159th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Spain (up from 564th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Juan de Herrera ranks 151 out of 518. Before him are Pier Luigi Nervi, Max Bill, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Philibert de l'Orme, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, and Ludwig Borchardt. After him are Nefermaat, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Ebenezer Howard, Jean Chalgrin, and Jacob van Campen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Juan de Herrera ranks 13. Before him are Ruy López de Segura, Anastasia Romanovna, Louis, Prince of Condé, Jan Kochanowski, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Christopher Báthory. After him are Starina Novak, Giambattista Benedetti, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Symon Budny, Ōtomo Sōrin, and Ranuccio Farnese. Among people deceased in 1593, Juan de Herrera ranks 5. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Christopher Marlowe, Emperor Ōgimachi, and Li Shizhen. After him are Jacques Amyot, Symon Budny, Maciej Stryjkowski, Xu Wei, Hans Bol, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, and Abd al-Samad.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Herrera ranks 558 out of 3,355. Before him are Moses de León (1250), Pedro Alonso (1971), Reccared II (650), Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (1103), Witteric (570), and Luis del Sol (1935). After him are Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909), Jabir ibn Aflah (1100), Ordoño IV of León (926), Gaius Julius Vindex (25), Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1864), and Francisco Pacheco (1564).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Spain

Among architects born in Spain, Juan de Herrera ranks 7. Before him are Antoni Gaudí (1852), Santiago Calatrava (1951), Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850), Ricardo Bofill (1939), Rafael Moneo (1937), and Alonzo Cano (1601). After him are Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), Félix Candela (1910), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), Josep Maria Jujol (1879), and Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515).

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