Architect. Juan Agea and his brother Ramón were 19th Mexican architects who were educated at the Military College. In 1846, they were withdrawn by the Academy of San Carlos to study in Rome. They did archaeological work in that city under the care of Luigi Conino. They sent to Mexico magnificent drawings of Roman monuments that served as models for the Academy. Upon their return in 1853, they personally brought another collection. They were drawing teachers at the National Preparatory School (UNAM) in 1868. Juan Agea was also a professor at the Academy of Drawing of Classical Architectural Orders and Copy of Monuments, appointed by the then President of Mexico; working in this position continuously for 33 years. They were also Academic Architects of Merits of the Royal Academy of San Carlos. As partners, they made a provisional triumphal arch in the Plaza Mayor in honor of Santa Anna in 1854, stairs in the National Palace from 1864 to 1867, and the House-Workshop of the tailor Luis Sarre on 5 de Mayo street, completed in 1900. In 1868, he intervened with a group of professors in the project of a penitentiary, and in 1895, he carried out the expansion of the northern part of the Collegiate Church of Guadalupe.
Architect. Juan Agea and his brother Ramón were 19th Mexican architects who were educated at the Military College. In 1846, they were withdrawn by the Academy of San Carlos to study in Rome. They did archaeological work in that city under the care of Luigi Conino. They sent to Mexico magnificent drawings of Roman monuments that served as models for the Academy. Upon their return in 1853, they personally brought another collection. They were drawing teachers at the National Preparatory School (UNAM) in 1868. Juan Agea was also a professor at the Academy of Drawing of Classical Architectural Orders and Copy of Monuments, appointed by the then President of Mexico; working in this position continuously for 33 years. They were also Academic Architects of Merits of the Royal Academy of San Carlos. As partners, they made a provisional triumphal arch in the Plaza Mayor in honor of Santa Anna in 1854, stairs in the National Palace from 1864 to 1867, and the House-Workshop of the tailor Luis Sarre on 5 de Mayo street, completed in 1900. In 1868, he intervened with a group of professors in the project of a penitentiary, and in 1895, he carried out the expansion of the northern part of the Collegiate Church of Guadalupe.
Bio by: Ola K Ase
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