Andrés García de Quiñones explained

Andrés García de Quiñones
Birth Name:	Andrés García de Quiñones
Birth Date:	1709
Death Date:	1784
Nationality:	Spanish
Known For:	Architecture
Movement:	Baroque

Andrés García de Quiñones (1709–1784) was a Spanish architect of the Baroque period, active in Salamanca.

Works

In Salamanca

• Finished the Main square and built the city hall.
• Jesuit seminary of La Clerecia, now the Pontificia university, including:
  • The Towers and the bell-gable.
  • Patio de los estudios (cloister)
  • Main staircase and the school's Great Hall (Theological Hall).
  • Retables of the Visitation and of St. James.

In Betanzos: The General archive of Galicia. Once finished the building was used as a barracks and is now the town hall.

Sources

• Book: Rolf Toman, Barbara Borngässer. The Baroque, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting . Konemman . 1998 . 978-3895089176.