Francisco Martín Cordovés
| Francisco Martín Cordovés | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1585 Tembleque, Toledo, Spain |
| Died |
1676 Buenos Aires |
| Nationality |
 Spanish |
| Profession | Architect |
Francisco Martín Cordovés (1585–1676) was a Spanish architect of Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of Peru. .
Biography
Martín Cordovés was born 1584 in Toledo, Spain.[1] Had arrived at the port of Buenos Aires in the late of 16th century. In 1612, he was married to Francisca Rodriguez Varillas.[2] descendant of Gonzalo Rodríguez,[3] and Fernando Joanes de Monroy.[4]
Cordovés exercised the profession of architect,[5] master of stonemason,[6] and appraiser in the Fort of Buenos Aires.
Francisco Martín Cordovés lived more than 90 years something atypical for the time.[7]
References
- ↑ La catedral de Toledo en el Siglo XVI: vida, arte y personas
- ↑ Revista, Issues 8-10, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
- ↑ Genealogía - Temas16-17, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
- ↑ Hechos de don Alonso de Monroy: clavero y maestre de la de la Orden de Alcántara, By Alonso de Maldonado
- ↑ Arquitectura Hispanoamericana en el Río de la Plata, Centro de Documentación de Arte y Arquitectura Latinoamericana (CEDODAL)
- ↑ Artesanos argentinos durante la dominación hispánica, con prólogo de Vicente Nadal Mora, Editorial Huarpes, 1946
- ↑ Buenos Aires, siglo diez y ocho, by Sandra Olivero
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