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The Most Famous

ARCHITECTS from Syria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Syrian Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 424 Architects, 1 of which were born in Syria. This makes Syria the birth place of the 37th most number of Architects behind India and Canada.

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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.

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1. Apollodorus of Damascus (50 - 130)

With an HPI of 69.45, Apollodorus of Damascus is the most famous Syrian Architect.  His biography has been translated into 43 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.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as architects born between 50 and 50. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased architects include Apollodorus of Damascus.

Deceased Architects

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