La actividad del veedor de obras de cantería en los arciprestazgos vascongados de la diócesis de Pamplona (siglos XVII y XVIII)

Abstract

The intervention of the ecclesiastic inspector in the Basque archpriesthoods dependent of the Diocese of Pamplona is constant throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. The inspector oversaw at all times the good functioning of factories by means of his announcements or appraisements. The vicars considered him a safeguard of the interests of their parrishioners. This topic has allowed us to look at architectural culture, at the dilemma of architecture as an intellectual or manual activity, and at the concept of master stone-cutter in that era, while that discovering new data on Gipuzkoan baroque architecture in the process.