ALONSO DE COVARRUBIAS (1488-1570). SPANISH ARCHITECT.. Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Hospital de Santa Cruz. Founded by Cardinal Mendoza (1428-1495) at the end of the 15th century. Detail of the façade of the building, constructed in the Plateresque style in the 1520s, by Alonso de Covarrubias (1488-1570). Niche with sculpture depicting the embrace of St. Joachim and St. Anne at the Golden Gate of Jerusalem.
Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Hospital de Santa Cruz. Founded by Cardinal Mendoza (1428-1495) at the end of the 15th century. Detail of the façade of the building, constructed in the Plateresque style in the 1520s, by Alonso de Covarrubias (1488-1570). Niche with sculpture depicting the embrace of St. Joachim and St. Anne at the Golden Gate of Jerusalem.