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ACERO Y AREBO, Vicente - b. ~1677 Cabárceno, d. 1739 Sevilla - WGA

ACERO Y AREBO, Vicente

(b. ~1677 Cabárceno, d. 1739 Sevilla)

Spanish architect who contributed significantly to the design and construction of the cathedrals of Granada, Guadix, Cádiz, and Málaga.

He learned architecture from Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, and he worked in various capacities on cathedrals in the style of Diego de Siloe, whom he praised greatly in writing.

Besides his work on the cathedrals of Granada, Guadix, Cádiz, and Málaga, he also designed the palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli by the Puerto de Santa María in Cádiz (1724), the shrine of the charterhouse of Santa Maria de El Paular in Rascafría, Community of Madrid, and the collegiate church of San Sebastián in Antequera (1738).

He died in Seville in 1739, where he was participating in the design of the Royal Tobacco Factory.

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In the second half of the 18th century C�diz, this maritime city had developed into one of the centres of the Neoclassical movement. The observatory in San Fernando (1793), the royal jail (1794), and the town hall (begun in 1816) are evidence of this flourishing period. The cathedral, however, remained a chimera. Built over a period of more than a hundred years, it tells the story of its construction.Founded in 1722 and begun on Churriguresque lines by Vecente Acero, its design was Neoclassically replanned for the first time in 1762. The church was known as “The Cathedral of The Americas” because it was built with money from the trade between Spain and America. Building work - annually consuming a quarter of all the gold entering Spain from her American colonies - continued until 1838.

Though the cathedral was originally intended to be a Baroque edifice, it contains Rococo elements, and was finally completed in the Neoclassical style.

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In the second half of the 18th century C�diz, this maritime city had developed into one of the centres of the Neoclassical movement. The observatory in San Fernando (1793), the royal jail (1794), and the town hall (begun in 1816) are evidence of this flourishing period. The cathedral, however, remained a chimera. Built over a period of more than a hundred years, it tells the story of its construction.Founded in 1722 and begun on Churriguresque lines by Vecente Acero, its design was Neoclassically replanned for the first time in 1762. The church was known as “The Cathedral of The Americas” because it was built with money from the trade between Spain and America. Building work - annually consuming a quarter of all the gold entering Spain from her American colonies - continued until 1838.

Though the cathedral was originally intended to be a Baroque edifice, it contains Rococo elements, and was finally completed in the Neoclassical style.

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