The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Malta
This page contains a list of the greatest Maltese Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 424 Architects, 2 of which were born in Malta. This makes Malta the birth place of the 33rd most number of Architects behind Israel and Romania.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Maltese Architects of all time. This list of famous Maltese Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Girolamo Cassar (1520 - 1592)
With an HPI of 48.99, Girolamo Cassar is the most famous Maltese Architect. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.
Girolamo Cassar (Maltese: Ġlormu Cassar, c. 1520 – c. 1592) was a Maltese architect and military engineer. He was the resident engineer of the Order of St. John, and was admitted into the Order in 1567. He was involved in the construction of Valletta, initially as an assistant to Francesco Laparelli, before taking over the project himself. He designed many public, religious and private buildings in the new capital city, including Saint John's Co-Cathedral, the Grandmaster's Palace and the auberges. He was the father of Vittorio Cassar, another architect and engineer.
2. Lorenzo Gafà (1630 - 1704)
With an HPI of 45.37, Lorenzo Gafà is the 2nd most famous Maltese Architect. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Lorenzo Gafà (1639–1703) was a Maltese Baroque architect and sculptor. He designed many churches in the Maltese Islands, including St. Paul's Cathedral in Mdina and the Cathedral of the Assumption in Victoria, Gozo. He was the younger brother of the sculptor Melchiorre Cafà.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as architects born between 1520 and 1630. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased architects include Girolamo Cassar and Lorenzo Gafà.
