Ignacio González-Varas Ibañez


Historian, professor and essayist, he is Professor of Architectural Composition at the School of Architecture in Toledo (University of Castilla-La Mancha). Doctor in Philosophy and Letters by the universities of Leon and of Bologna (Real Colegio of Spain in Bologna). His research activity has been centered in the field of Cultural Heritage and History and Theory of Architecture and the City in different institutions such as the University of Havana, the University of the Sorbonne in Paris, the Institute of Architecture in Venice, the University of Bologna and the University of Dresden.

He is the recipient of several awards on cultural heritage. He has also directed multiple research projects and has been a member and jury of scientific committees in various national and international congresses.

His areas of research are: Theory and History of Cultural Heritage, Criteria and Methodologies for Conservation and Restoration of Architecture and the City, Theory and History of Architecture and the City.