Juan de Álava | |
Birth Date: | 1480 |
Birth Place: | Larrinoa, Zigoitia, Álava, Spain |
Death Place: | Salamanca, Spain |
Juan de Álava (1480-1537) was a Spanish architect best known for his stonework produced in the Plateresque style.[1]
Juan de Álva was born in 1480 in Larrinoa, a locality of Zigoitia, Álava to a family of stonemasons.[2] In 1502, de Álva traveled to Italy where he became familiar with Italian Renaissance architecture.
de Álva worked primarily in the city of Salamanca, where many of his notable works are situated.