Francisco de Cubas

Francisco de Cubas y González-Montes (13 April 1826 – 2 January 1899) was a Spanish architect and politician.

A member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando from 1870, he worked as an architect while also pursuing a political career as a member of the Cortes Generales (as a deputy or diputado),[1] en 1893, as the senator representing Ávila between 1896–98,[2] and, he served as mayor of Madrid for a month (November 6, 1892 – December 1, 1892).

His work includes the Jesuit college known as the Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo, the University of Deusto in Bilbao, and the National Museum of Anthropology in Madrid.

Francisco de Cubas revised this plan, deciding instead to create an imposing Neo-Gothic cathedral, the style popular at that time, especially due to the influence of Viollet-le-Duc.

More representative of Francisco de Cubas’ vision is the Castle of Butrón in Gatica, in the Basque Country.