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Anca Petrescu

1949 - 2013

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Mira Anca Victoria Mărculeț Petrescu (20 March 1949, Sighișoara – 30 October 2013, Bucharest) was a Romanian architect and politician. Born in Sighișoara, Romania, Petrescu graduated from the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture in Bucharest in 1973. In 1986, on the orders of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu, Petrescu became chief architect of the colossal Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, a thirteen-year megaproject constructing the world's second-largest civilian administrative building after the Pentagon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anca Petrescu has received more than 109,888 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Anca Petrescu is the 349th most popular architect (down from 348th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Romania (up from 275th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Anca Petrescu ranks 349 out of 424. Before her are Heinrich von Ferstel, Francesco Sabatini, László Hudec, Lars Sonck, Joseph Bové, and Theodor Fischer. After her are Frederick Catherwood, Vannoccio Biringuccio, Ron Arad, Denise Scott Brown, Imre Makovecz, and Girolamo Cassar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Anca Petrescu ranks 281. Before her are Ricardo Zunino, Guillaume Faye, Robert Berdella, Sotiris Kaiafas, Ibrahim Mahlab, and Minette Walters. After her are Carlos Veiga, Tarık Akan, Agostina Belli, Zé Maria, Kalkot Mataskelekele, and Pamela Reed. Among people deceased in 2013, Anca Petrescu ranks 246. Before her are Eydie Gormé, Zhuang Zedong, Peter Banks, Nadir Afonso, Julien Ries, and Antonio Roma. After her are Cayetano Ré, Vlatko Marković, Torbjørn Falkanger, Olga Gyarmati, Dezső Gyarmati, and Josip Kuže.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Anca Petrescu ranks 272 out of 665. Before her are Barbu Catargiu (1807), Nicolae Ciucă (1967), Lupu Pick (1886), Marius Lăcătuș (1964), Victor Pițurcă (1956), and Dumitru Prunariu (1952). After her are Margit Kaffka (1880), Corneliu Baba (1906), Constantin von Economo (1876), Aurel Popovici (1863), Cristian Chivu (1980), and Béla Károlyi (1942).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Romania

Among architects born in Romania, Anca Petrescu ranks 1. After her are Károly Kós (1883).

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