Rafael Manzano Martos (born in

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on November 6, 1936) is a Spanish architect. He was educated at the Superior Technical School of Architecture in

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. He was a disciple of Professors

Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez (21 February 1870 in Granada, Spain – 7 June 1970 in Madrid, Spain), was a Spanish archaeologist and historian. Biography Martinez was born 21 February 1870 in Granada, Spain. He is the son of noted paint ...

, Leopoldo Torres Balbás, Fernando Chueca Goitia and Francisco Íñiguez Almech. Manzano is a representative of

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and

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. There is an architecture prize named after him, the Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture.

Education

Rafael Manzano Martos earned his degree from the Technical School of Architecture in Madrid in 1961, and his

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in 1963. As a student under Professors Gómez-Moreno Martínez, Torres Balbás, Chueca Goitia and Íñiguez Almech, he specialized in historic studies and in the Theory and Techniques of Monument Restoration. He was also a collaborator at the School of Arab Studies in Madrid from 1956 to 1963, where he cultivated his interest in

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Selected works and projects

In all of his works, he has expressed his faithfulness to the classical idiom and to the integration of his work in the urban setting or in the rural landscape. In his restorations of monuments, he has avoided any aggressive approach to the buildings of the past, respecting the architecture handed down and complementing it with a simple yet academic architecture that integrates into the monument without any visual aggression or turning it into a pretext for creating a contemporary work of questionable quality. He has restored and consolidated the following monuments, among others: * Squares and the

Basílica de Santa Maria de Castelló d'Empúries The Santa Maria Basilica (the Basílica de Santa Maria de Castelló d'Empúries, or the Catedral de l'Empordà or the Catedral de Castelló d'Empúries ), located in the municipality of Castelló d'Empúries in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, has for ce ...

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. * Cathedral Square in

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. * Fortress of the

Old Cathedral of Lleida The Cathedral of St. Mary of la Seu Vella (Catalan and Spanish: ''Catedral de Santa Maria de la Seu Vella'', English: ''St. Mary of the Old —Bishop— Seat'') is the former cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida, in Lleida, ...

. * Church of Mary Magdalene in Tarazona. * Castle of Alcañiz, Turiel. * Church of Saint Michael, in Cuenca. * Complete external reconstruction and new interiors for the

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, in

. * Reconstruction of the cloisters, tower, chapter room, stairway and other parts of the “ Sobrado de los Monjes” Monastery in

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. * Total reconstruction of the former Palace of the

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(Restorations and anastylosis of the housing nearby). * Church of Saint Dionysius with reconstruction of its lost roofing and discovery of its Gothic-Mudejar brickwork in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz. * “ Palacio de las Dueñas”, “Casa del Rey Moro” and other major buildings in

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. * Consolidations of the ruins of

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in Santiponce, and construction of its monographic museum. * Total restoration of the Church of Saint George in Palos de la Frontera and organization of its surroundings. * Designer, together with the architect Fernando Chueca Goitia, of three major projects for the enlargement of the

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(1972–74 and 1990). * Excavation of the site of the former “ Casa de Contratación de las Indias”, with reconstruction of its Almohad courtyard and garden and a new facade. * Designer, in 1991, of the total restoration and decoration of

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. * “ Hacienda De La Paz” estate for John Z. Blazevich in

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(with the decorator Manuel Gavira Sanjuan). * Design of a residence for the bullfighter Curro Romero in Coín, Málaga; now belonging to the singer

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Awards and honors

Manzano is a member of several Spanish academic institutions, including the

Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the heart of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal acad ...

, the Royal Academies of the History and of Fine arts of Granada, Córdoba, Cádiz, Málaga, Écija, Toledo and La Coruña, and the Academy of the Good Letters of Seville. In Spain he received the Golden Medal of the Fine Arts (13 April 1972) and he is Knight Commander of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise (7 November 1967). In terms of international acclaim he was awarded with the 2010 Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Traditional and Classical Architecture for his entire career. Previously, in 1980 he received the Shiller Prize for Restoration and Conservation. Also, he received the Silver Medal of the City of Osuna in 2001. On 9 April 2021, he received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Medal for his service to the Catholic Church.Asenjo reconoce a tres laicos sevillanos con la medalla Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
/ref> In January 2022, he receiced the Federico Joly Prize.

Selected bibliography

* José Guerrero Lovillo, Rafael Manzano Martos, and Enrique de la Vega Viguera. Tres Estudios Sobre Sevilla. Sevilla: Real Academia Sevillana de Buenas Letras, 1984. * Rafael Manzano Martos, Fernando Chueca Goitia and Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. La Qubba, Aula Regia En La España Musulmana. Madrid : Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, 1994. * Rafael Manzano Martos. La Alhambra : El Universo Mágico De La Granada Islámica. Madrid: Grupo Anaya, 1992. * Rafael Manzano Martos. El Jardín En La España Musulmana, edited by Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. Sevilla: 1990.

References

External links

Manzano Architects Studio websitePage of the University of Notre Dame about Rafael ManzanoPremio Rafael Manzano
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