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Juan De Villanueva

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Prado Museum. Goya façade according to Villanueva´s project.
Juan de Villanueva (Madrid, September 15, 1739- id., August 22, 1811). Spanish Architect. Alongside Ventura Rodríguez, Villanueva is the best known architect of the Spanish Neoclassicism.

His father was the sculptor Juan de Villanueva and his brother, Diego de Villanueva was not only his protector but also his teacher.

He entered into the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando as a pupil when he was eleven years old. In 1758 he travelled to Rome to become a grant holder of the Academy to complete his studies. In 1765 he returned to Spain.

A year later, he travelled through Córdoba and Granada, together with José de Hermosilla to draw the "Arab antiquities." The drawings from these travels were published in 1804.

He settled in Madrid, where he was appointed Academic of the Academy of San Fernando.

In 1777, Charles III appointed him Architect of the Prince and the Infants. From then to the end of his life he would work almost exclusively for the Royal House. In 1781 he was appointed Architect of the Royal Monastery of El Escorial, and Charles IV appointed him Major Architect. He was going to construct several pavilions for the royal disposal: in 1771 he built the Casa de Infantes in the Royal Site of Aranjuez. In 1772, the Casita del Príncipe, at El Pardo. In 1773, the Casita de Arriba (with a Palladian scheme and a notable plasticity in the treatment for the main portal) and the Casita de Abajo or del Príncipe, both in El Escorial, where he also constructed the Casas de Oficios, a group of houses, according to the sober herreriano style of the Monastery.
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Prado Museum, Velazquez entrance.
Nevertheless, his undisputed masterpiece is the Prado Museum, projected in 1785 and 1787. It was constructed as a Museum of Natural History, a School of Natural History, and an auditorium for conferences and lectures. It was transformed into the Museum of Art in 1814, and today it is also known as Edificio Villanueva.

He was a prolific architect and he displayed the majority of his work in Madrid: buildings like the Academy of History, the Caballero de Gracia oratory, the Astronomical Observatory are remarkable. With his interventions in the Plaza Mayor, both after the fire of 1790 and in the Major House among others, he collabored in the renovation of the image of the city.

With his personal style and with his strong local influences, he was the architect who best brought the theorical basis of European Neoclassicism to Spain.

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Madrid, Plaza Mayor, reformed by Villanueva.
Madrid
Puerta de Alcalá at night with El Retiro gardens in the background.

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Motto: De Madrid al Cielo
(Spanish for "From Madrid to Heaven")
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"Plus Ultra"   (Latin)
"Further Beyond"
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"Marcha Real" 1
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An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a building's construction. The word "architect" (Latin: architectus) derives from the Greek arkhitekton (arkhi (chief) + tekton (builder))")[1]
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Ventura Rodríguez Tizón (July 14, 1717—September 26, 1785) was a Spanish architect and artist. Born at Ciempozuelos, Rodríguez was the son of a bricklayer. In 1727, he collaborated with his father in the work at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez.

He died at Madrid.
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Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw upon Western classical art and culture (usually that of
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The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, located on the Calle de Alcalá in the heart of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery.

The academy was established by royal decree in 1744.
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Comune di Roma

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Nickname: "The Eternal City"
Motto: "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (SPQR)   (Latin)
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State Party  Spain
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, iii, iv
Reference 313
Region Europe and North America

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Inscription 1984  (8th Session)
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Granada

La Alhambra from Mirador San Nicolás

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Charles III of Spain
Duke of Parma, King of Naples and Sicily, King of Spain

Reign August 10, 1759–December 14, 1788
Born January 20, 1716
Madrid, Spain
Died November 14 1788 (aged 72)
Madrid, Spain

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Palacio Real de El Pardo is a Spanish royal palace in Madrid. The palace is owned by the Spanish state and administered by the Patrimonio Nacional agency.

It began as a royal hunting pavillion and became an alternative residence of the kings of Spain until Alfonso XII, who
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Museo del Prado

Established 1819
Location Paseo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Director Miguel Zugaza
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The Museo del Prado is a museum and art gallery located in Madrid; the capital of Spain.
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Plaza Mayor is a central plaza in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is located only a few blocks away from another famous plaza, the Puerta del Sol. The Plaza Mayor is rectangular in shape, measuring 129 by 94 meters, and is surrounded by three-story residential buildings having 237
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