Born in Valencia in 1945. He has been visiting professor at the Colegio de Europa (Brujas) and invited researcher at Fitzwilliam College (Univ. of Cambridge), at Gonville and Caius College (Univ. of Cambridge) and at King’s College (Univ. Of London). He has been a member of the Collage of Experts on Cultural Heritage at the European Council, and in this function, he has undertaken assessment missions in historical cities in Central and Eastern Europe. He has also worked for nearly ten years as director of the Instituto Cervantes, both in Naples and in Brussels.