Vicente Acero y Arebo was a Spanish

Spain

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 Baroque

Baroque architecture

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 architect whose contributed significantly to the design and construction of the cathedral

Cathedral

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s of Granada

Granada Cathedral

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, Guadix

Guadix Cathedral

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, Cádiz

Cádiz Cathedral

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, and Málaga.

He was born in Cabárceno, Cantabria

Cantabria

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 approximately 1675 or 1680, and learned architecture from Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo (1669–1725). He worked in various capacities on cathedrals in the style of Diego de Siloe, whom he praised greatly in writing.

Besides his work on the cathedrals of Granada, Guadix, Cádiz, and Málaga, he also designed the palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli

Duke of Medinaceli

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 by the Puerto de Santa María in Cádiz (1724), the shrine of the charterhouse of Santa Maria de El Paular

Santa Maria de El Paular

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 in Rascafría

Rascafría

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, Community of Madrid, and the collegiate church of San Sebastián in Antequera

Antequera

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 (1738).

He died in Seville

Seville

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 in 1739, where he was participating in the design of the Royal Tobacco Factory

Royal Tobacco Factory

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