Juan Bautista de Toledo

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Juan Bautista de Toledo was a 16th-century Spanish architect best known for designing the monumental royal monastery and palace complex of El Escorial for King Philip II.

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instanceOf Spanish architect
architect
human
architectOf El Escorial
architecturalStyle Renaissance architecture
collaboratedWith Juan de Herrera
countryOfBirth Crown of Castile
countryOfCitizenship Spain
dateOfBirth circa 1515
dateOfDeath 1567
designed overall plan of El Escorial
royal palace and monastery complex layouts
employer Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip II of Spain
era 16th century
fieldOfWork architecture
urban planning
influencedBy Renaissance architecture
surface form: Italian Renaissance architecture

Michelangelo
knownFor designing the royal monastery and palace complex of El Escorial
introducing Italian Renaissance architectural ideas into Spain
movement Spanish Renaissance
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableProjectPhase initial design and planning of El Escorial
notableWork El Escorial
El Escorial
surface form: Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
occupation architect
partOf Spanish royal court
surface form: Spanish court of Philip II
patron Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Philip II of Spain
placeOfBirth Toledo
placeOfDeath Madrid
positionHeld royal architect to Philip II of Spain
sexOrGender male
succeededBy Juan de Herrera as chief architect of El Escorial
workLocation Florence
Madrid
Naples
Rome

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El Escorial architect Juan Bautista de Toledo
Juan de Herrera influencedBy Juan Bautista de Toledo
Juan de Herrera studiedUnder Juan Bautista de Toledo
Juan de Herrera succeeded Juan Bautista de Toledo
this entity surface form: Juan Bautista de Toledo as chief architect of El Escorial
Basilica of San Lorenzo el Real architect Juan Bautista de Toledo