Domingo de Andrade

Domingo de Andrade
Clock Tower and Royal Door Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Born	Domingo Antonio de Andrade 1639 Cee, Province of A Coruña
Died	1712 Santiago de Compostela
Nationality	Galician
Known for	Architecture
Movement	Baroque

Domingo Antonio de Andrade (Cee, 1639 – Santiago de Compostela, 1712 was a Galician baroque architect, a leading figure in the emergence of Galician Baroque architecture.

Works

In the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela where, in 1671, he was designated as “Master builder” (architect):

• Clock tower, called Berenguela (1676-1680).
• Royal Door to Quintana square, initiated by Jose de la Peña de Toro.
• Finished the Tower of the Bells, initiated by Peña de Toro.
• Finished the baldachin designed by Jose de Vega y Verdugo, Count of Alba Real and canon of the cathedral chapter.
• New sacristy, now capela do Pilar, finished by Fernando de Casas Novoa.

Other works in Santiago de Compostela:

• Convent of Saint Dominic of Bonaval: The triple helical staircase, the tower and finished the cloister.
• Several historic houses: “Casa das Pomas” (initiated by Diego de Romay), “Casa da Parra” in Quintana square, or the “Casas da Conga”.
• Retables for the Convent of Saint Dominic of Bonaval and for the Convent of Saint Clare.

Sources

• Rolf Toman, Barbara Borngässer (1998). The Baroque, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting. Konemman. ISBN 978-3895089176. 

External links

• Andrade y la catedral de Santiago, por Mª Dolores Vila (in Spanish).