Juan Garland

Juan Garland, born as John Garland,^[1] (Ireland - † Schooner Marina, Caribbean Sea, December 1775) was an Irish military engineer who served the Spanish Empire, and who directed many of the largest public works made in Colonial Chile.

Among his works is the modification of the Valdivian Fort System; the floor plan of the Cabildo of Santiago;^[2] the selection of site and urban design of the new Concepción which was moved in 1765 following the tsunami of 1751;^[3] the main church of Valdivia (destroyed later by the 1960 Valdivia earthquake); the makeover of dikes of Mapocho River (1765),^[4] the direction of the improvement of the Santiago–Mendoza road,^[5] plus some contributions on the design of Puente de Calicanto.

References

1. Pedro Pablo Guerrero. Libro póstumo Herman Schwember: Ambrosio O'Higgins, el padrastro de la patria. December 21, 2008, El Mercurio.
2. Guarda, Gabriel. Historia urbana del Reino de Chile. p. 397.
3. Juan Ignacio Rodríguez Medina. Las opiniones de 10 entendidos Chaitén: el desafío de trasplantar las raíces. Domingo 15 de febrero de 2009, El Mercurio.
4. Joaquín Toesca, memoriachilena.cl
5. Guillermo Lagos Carmona. Los títulos históricos; Historia de las fronteras de Chile. Andres Bello, 1985, p. 342.