FUENDETOS,Goya`s Birthplace Editorial Photo

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes was born in Fuendetodos, a village in northern Spain. Built in the mid-18th century, this house belonged to Miguel Lucientes, the brother of Goya’s mother, Gracia Lucientes, a member of the minor nobility. Here, she gave birth to Francisco José de Paula Goya on 30th March 1746. At about age 14 Goya was apprenticed to Jose Luzan, a local painter. Later he went to It