Juan de Álava

Juan de Álava (1480-1537) was a Spanish architect best known for his stonework produced in the Plateresque style.^[1]

Juan de Álva was born in 1480 in Larrinoa, a locality of Zigoitia, Álava to a family of stonemasons.^{[2] [1]} In 1502, de Álva traveled to Italy where he became familiar with Italian Renaissance architecture.^[2]

de Álva worked primarily in the city of Salamanca, where many of his notable works are situated.

• Casa de las Muertes (1500), Salamanca
• New Cathedral of Plasencia (1513)
• Convento de San Esteban, Salamanca (1524)
• Cloister of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela
• Chapel of the University of Salamanca, Salamanca (demolished), Salamanca
• Colegio Mayor de Santiago el Zebedeo (completed 1578), Salamanca

• 15th-century Spanish architects
• 16th-century Spanish architects
• 1480 births
• 1537 deaths
• People from Álava
• Architects from the Basque Country (autonomous community)

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