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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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