Andrés García de Quiñones

Andrés García de Quiñones
Towers and dome Clerecia.
Born	Andrés García de Quiñones 1709
Died	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

• Rolf Toman, Barbara Borngässer (1998). The Baroque, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting. Konemman. ISBN 978-3895089176.