1934-2021 The Cáceres-born architect Dionisio Hernández Gil, one of the leading advocates of heritage protection in Spain, died on 21 December. Born in 1934 to a family of lawyers, Hernández Gil broke the tradition by enrolling at the Madrid School o

The Cáceres-born Dionisio Hernández Gil died on 21 December. After his years at the Madrid School of Architecture and the Academy of Spain in Rome, he was given the opportunity to restore the San Benito monastery in Alcántara. This baptismal experien