Andrés de Vandelvira (1509–1575) was a Spanish architect, active mainly in Jaén,

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, Baeza, and

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during the

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. He was born in

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, in the province of

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and died in Jaén. The church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in

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was one of his first works in Jaén. Among his most notable works is the ''Chapel of the Savior'' in

, based on a project by

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, and commissioned by

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. The Chapel is located on the Vazquez de Molina Square next to the Dean Ortega Palace and the Vázquez de Molina Palace, both designed by Vandelvira. He completed the Chapel of the Benavides in the convent of San Francisco of Baeza. He also helped complete the cathedral de Baeza, the Convent of Santo Domingo de La Guardia in Jaén, and the Hospital de Santiago in Úbeda. His masterpiece is considered the

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. One of his sons, Alonso de Vandelvira, published a book on stone-cutting, entitled "Libro de cortes de piedra", in which he disseminated the mountaineering technique or stereotomy, which deals with constructive planning in three dimensions, and which helped to make known in Europe, the extraordinary scientific work of his father

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