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Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras (October 13, 1759, Celaya, Guanajuato – August 3, 1833, Celaya) was a prominent Mexican architect and a painter.
He was active during the colonial period and early independence.
Biography
Believing he had a religious vocation, he entered a monastery in Mexico City, but soon changed his mind and returned to Celaya and was married.
He began working as an artist — painting, sculpture and engraving.
Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras was a prominent Mexican architect and a painter.
He soon requested permission to work as an architect. His first architectural works were the Fountain of Neptune (1797) and an arch commemorating the proclamation of Charles IV as king. Both of these are in Querétaro.
From 1802 through 1807 he worked rebuilding the church of El Carmen in Celaya, in a Neoclassical style.
This is considered his greatest work. The church presents three Neoclassical façades, above which rises a tower ending in a bell sh