Siscara Ibáñez, Juan de (Císcara, Siscarra)
Juan de Siscara Ibáñez (Císcara, Siscarra; May 22, 1633 - December 23, 1690) was a Spanish engineer, primarily known for his design of fortresses in Spanish held territories in America. Native to Madrid, he in 1663 was posted to Santiago de Cuba as an engineer. Named Chief Engineer of Cuba and Florida, he would plan the new intramuros of Santiago de Cuba, plotting out as well refinements to the city grid in 1668 and 1669. In 1674, he began the execution of a long-planned defensive wall for Havana; the wall facing the entrance to the harbor was completed in 1680; by 1688 this would include the land-facing wall separating the city from its landward suburbs. Meanwhile, he was sent to St. Augustine, Florida, to assist in the design of the Spanish Castillo de San Marcos. He is associated with no printed maps directly: a 1691 manuscript plan of Havana is attributed to him, which either contradicts his assumed date of death, or reflects a later revision by a different hand.
AKA: Císcara, Siscarra
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