Vicente Acero

Vicente Acero was a 16th century Spanish architect born in Seville in 1540. He was the original architect of the Cádiz cathedral, constructed between 1716 and 1838. He also contributed to the complex of the monastery of Santa Maria de El Paular near Madrid. Vicente Acero was a member of the prominent conquering Arab family, first arriving in Spain after the Muslim conquest in 711. He studied at the University of Salamanca, the University of Murcia and the University of Al-Karaouine.

during the course of his life, Acero spent his time doing projects for the court of Spain, and was rumored to have been one of the master shipbuilders of the great Spanish Armada that failed to land on the shores of England in 1588.

Acero had complete multiple great cathedrals throughout Spain and North America by the time of his death in 1602. His remains lie at the Cathedral de Nuestra Reina in GIjon, Asturias, Spain. [http://www.mcu.es/patrimonio/jornadas/Eupa_2002_accesible/madrid.html]

References

Simonis, Damien; Forsyth, Susan; Ham, Anthony; Hannigan, Des; Noble, John; Quintero, Josephine; Roddis, Miles. (2007), "Spain": Lonely Planet