Lorenzo de la Hidalga

Lorenzo de la Hidalga (4 July 1810 – 1872) was a Spanish architect who spent most of his career in Mexico.

In terms of politics, he proved to be very adaptable, working for both President Santa Anna and Emperor Maximilian I.

Later, during the short-lived Second Mexican Empire, he was named Arquitecto del Palacio y de la Iglesia Catedral, and worked on several more projects that were never brought to fruition, due to the unstable political situation.

The Gran Teatro Nacional was demolished in 1901 to extend and widen the Avenida Cinco del Mayo [es], and the Plaza de Volador was destroyed by a fire in 1870.

One of his few remaining original works is the cupola at Santa Teresa la Antigua, a former convent which is now an art center.