Alejandro Sureda

Alexandre-Mathieu Sureda Chappron (1815, Palma de Mallorca - 1889, Madrid ) was a Spanish architect. He worked under the name Alejandro Sureda and is considered "the main populariser of French architectural models amongst the Spanish aristocracy". and between 1874 and 1884 he was chief architect in the redesign of the Museo del Prado, improving the interior and subdividing the Flemish and Spanish rooms. Between 1857 and 1872

In 1883 he began construction of a palace for the Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa, marqués de Cerralbo, with later additions such as the belvedere-pavilion in 1891 designed by Luis Cabello Asó and his son Luis Cabello Lapiedra. Better known as the museo Cerralbo, it was declared a Monumento Histórico Artístico in 1962.