JC
The basics
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Belgian arms trader
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1551(Liège, Belgium)
Death:
12 July 1628(Liérganes, Spain)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jean Curtius, also known as Jean De Corte and Juan Curcio, called Curtius (1551 – July 12, 1628) was a Liégeois manufacturer who obtained the monopoly on providing gunpowder to the Spanish army.
The mansion he built on the banks of the Meuse in Liège is now the Curtius Museum.
Photo gallery
Maison Curtius, c. 1642 . 
Curtius Museum, as restored in 2003 .Rear facade of the Maison Curtius .
The gate of Curtius's La Cavada factory in Cantabria, Spain (1890) .