Diego Maroto

Diego Maroto (* 1617 in Trujillo , Peru , † 1696 in Lima ) was a Peruvian architect and Dominican. He was the most important master builder in Lima in the second half of the 17th century.

As Maestro Mayor de Fabricas de la Catedral Metropolitana (Supervisor of the building sites of the Cathedral of Lima ), Supervisor of the building trade guilds of Lima and Maestro Mayor de las Fabricas Reales (Supervisor of the royal building sites) he held the most important positions in the building industry of Lima for over four decades inside.

As an architect for the Dominican Order, he developed an earthquake-proof dome construction that was copied in all reconstruction projects in the church environment in Lima after the great earthquake of 1687, for example in the ribbed vaults of the Cathedral of Lima and in the Augustinian monastery of San Agustín el Grande.

The Claustro Redondo in the Colegio de Santo Tomás, Lima

The work he built includes works for the monasteries and nunneries of the city of Lima and for the spiritual clients of the cathedral and the parish churches. His most important work is the monastery school Colegio de Santo Tomás in Lima. The Claustro Mayor is the only example of a round cloister on South American soil.

List of Diego Maroto's buildings in Lima (selection)

• 1650: The Rosary Basilica is rebuilt
• 1653: Bell tower of the Concepción nunnery
• 1659: Bell tower of the Rosary Basilica
• 1662: A cloister in the Jesuit monastery of San Pablo
• 1663: Parish Church of El Sagrario next to Lima Cathedral
• 1663–1668: Colegio de Santo Tomás
• 1679: Reconstruction of the monastery church of the Rosary Basilica
• 1680: Dome of the Parish Church of El Sagrario
• 1688 and 1692: Reconstruction of the vaults of Lima Cathedral

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• Ruben Vargas Ugarte: Ensayo de un diccionario de alarifes. Lima 1942.
• Antonio San Cristobal Sebastian: Fray Diego Maroto Alarife de Lima 1617–1696. Lima 1996.