Pedro J Machuca

Pedro Miguel López Machuca

Pedro Machuca

1550

Returning to Spain in 1520, he worked as a painter in the Royal Chapel of Granada, as well as in Jaén, Spain, Toledo, and Uclés.

Architecture

Painter • Architect

Pedro Machuca " Pedro Machuca " ( born Toledo, Spain ca. 1490; died 1550 ) is mainly remembered as the Spain architect responsible for the design of the Palace of Charles V ( begun 1528 ) adjacent to the Alcazar in Granada
Culturally, it represents the urge by the conquering Christians to challenge the hegemony of Moorish architecture in the recently ( 1492 ) Battle of Granada province of Granada.