The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Syria
This page contains a list of the greatest Syrian Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 1 of which were born in Syria. This makes Syria the birth place of the 38th most number of Architects behind Pakistan, and Chile.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Syrian Architects of all time. This list of famous Syrian Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Apollodorus of Damascus (50 - 130)
With an HPI of 74.57, Apollodorus of Damascus is the most famous Syrian Architect. His biography has been translated into 44 different languages on wikipedia.
Apollodorus of Damascus (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Δαμασκηνός) was an architect and engineer from Roman Syria, who flourished during the 2nd century AD. As an engineer he authored several technical treatises, and his massive architectural output gained him immense popularity during his time. He is one of the few architects whose name survives from antiquity, and is credited with introducing several Eastern innovations to the Roman Imperial style, such as making the dome a standard. He is also known as Apollodorus Mechanicus.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Syrian architects born between 50 and 50. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Syrian architects include Apollodorus of Damascus.
