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.

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