Juan Bautista Lázaro de Diego (
León, 1849 -
Ciempozuelos, 1919)
was a Spanish architect, born to jurist José Benito Lázaro and ''
astorgana'' María de Diego Pinillos. He was a disciple of
Juan de Madrazo, a gothic revivalist in charge of
León Cathedral
Santa María de Regla de León Cathedral is a Catholic church, the episcopal see of the diocese of León in the city of León, Castile and León, north-western Spain, consecrated under the name of the Virgin Mary. It was the first monument d ...
's restoration, a project in which Lázaro de Diego took part, specializing in stained glass workmanship. He received a gold medal in the
National Exhibition of Fine Arts of 1897 and the
Great Cross of Isabella the Catholic in 1901.
From 1875 to 1879 he worked as town-architect in
Ávila
Ávila ( , , ) is a Spanish city located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Ávila.
It lies on the right bank of the Adaja river. Located more than 1,130 m a ...
.
He developed a remarkable activity in the restoration of architectural heritage in the late nineteenth century. One of his biggest contributions was the introduction of
Catalan vault
The Catalan vault (), also called thin-tile vault, Catalan turn, Catalan arch, boveda ceiling (Spanish ''bóveda'' 'vault'), or timbrel vault, is a type of low brickwork arch forming a vaulted ceiling that often supports a floor above. It is co ...
system in Madrid, after travelling to
Barcelona
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in 1888. He had a stained glass workshop in Ayala street, Madrid, run from 1890 to 1911.
Some of his works are:
* the School of the Ursulinas,
* the Chapel of Saint Diego and Saint Nicholas asylum,
*
Church of La Milagrosa,
* Church of El Pilar,
* Church of Los Redentoristas,
* Church of Las Reparadoras,
*Church of Las Hijas de la Caridad,
* Church of
Cedillo, Temple of Sacred Hearts in Sabucedo de Montes, the enlargement of Ávila's cemetery or
La Bañeza's cemetery.
In his last years he developed a mental illness, that led him to be interned in the psychiatric sanatorium of San José de Ciempozuelos in 1908, confinement that would last until his death in 1919.
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1849 births
1919 deaths
Spanish architects