The Most Famous

ARCHITECTS from Albania

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This page contains a list of the greatest Albanian Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 1 of which were born in Albania. This makes Albania the birth place of the 47th most number of Architects behind Morocco, and Moldova.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Albanian Architects of all time. This list of famous Albanian Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Sedefkar Mehmed Agha (1540 - 1617)

With an HPI of 60.02, Sedefkar Mehmed Agha is the most famous Albanian Architect.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Sedefkar Mehmed Agha or Sedefqar Mehmeti of Elbasan (Modern Turkish: Sedefkâr Mehmet Ağa, Albanian: Sedefqar Mehmeti Aga Elbasanit, about 1540–1617) is recorded as the Ottoman architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the "Blue Mosque") in Istanbul.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Albanian architects born between 1540 and 1540. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Albanian architects include Sedefkar Mehmed Agha. As of April 2024, 1 new Albanian architects have been added to Pantheon including Sedefkar Mehmed Agha.

Deceased Albanian Architects

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Newly Added Albanian Architects (2024)

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