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Afonso Álvares
Portuguese architect and engineer · Architects · Lived 1501 to 1580 · aged 79
Afonso Álvares was the Master of Works for the Portuguese king, Sebastian of Portugal, and he designed, amongst other structures, the Monastery of São Bento in Lisbon in 1571, which was lost in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, and is now partially the site of the Portuguese Parliament.
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He also designed the Fort of Santiago do Outão in 1572.
Category
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1501 to 1580 · aged 79
