Juan Antonio Camacho de Saavedra
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Juan Antonio Camacho de Saavedra | |
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| Born | 1669 |
| Died | 4 October 1740 (aged 70–71) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Known for | Alhorí de Montilla etc. |
Juan Antonio Camacho de Saavedra (1669 – 4 October 1740) was a master architect of Córdoba, Spain who was active in the 18th century. He was responsible for many civil, religious and industrial buildings in the baroque style.
Juan Antonio Camacho de Saavedra was born in 1669, the fourth of five children of the master builder Jeronimo Camacho of Córdoba and of Maria Ana de Saavedra of Écija.[1] Before the age of twenty he married his first cousin Antonia Ortiz, a native of La Rambla.[2] His first wife gave him five children. His second wife was Antonia Vázquez, sister of the writer and sculptor Fr. Juan Vázquez.[3]
Camacho became a master builder, and as an architect and engineer repaired various industrial buildings. Both the nobility and the church noticed his ability, and he earned positions such as Master of Works of Córdoba, Master of Works of the Cathedral and Diocese of Córdoba and Master of Works of Priego.[1] The main body of Camacho's work was done for Nicolás Fernández de Córdoba y de la Cerda, 8th Marquis of Priego and Duke of Medinaceli.[1] In 1727, when he was 47 years old, Camacho had leased some houses of importance to the Angulo family in the square of San Andrés, Cordoba for one thousand fleeces annually. He was senior master of works of the city and the bishopric, charged with repairing the diocese's mills.[2]
Towards the end of his life he was ruined, and he died in anonymity.[4] On the day before he died he signed a codicil to his will in which he declared that he was impoverished and the city of Cordoba owed him twenty thousand reais for his work on the Visos road and the Bridge of Alcolea. He died the next day, 4 October 1740.[3]
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