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Andrea Palladio

1508 - 1580

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Andrea Palladio ( pə-LAH-dee-oh; Italian: [anˈdrɛːa palˈlaːdjo]; Venetian: Andrea Paładio; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of the most influential individuals in the history of architecture. While he designed churches and palaces, he was best known for country houses and villas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrea Palladio has received more than 1,130,262 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Andrea Palladio is the 9th most popular architect (up from 11th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Italy (up from 137th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Architect.

Andrea Palladio is most famous for his work in architecture. He was a Venetian architect who designed many buildings, including the Villa Rotunda, Villa Capra, and Villa Almerico Capra.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Andrea Palladio ranks 9 out of 518. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Vitruvius, Alvar Aalto, Imhotep, Mimar Sinan, and Donato Bramante. After him are Leon Battista Alberti, Khufu, Albert Speer, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, and Zaha Hadid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1508, Andrea Palladio ranks 1. After him are Jane Seymour, Humayun, Nikola IV Zrinski, Pieter Aertsen, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Primož Trubar, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Marin Držić, Gemma Frisius, and Nicolás Monardes. Among people deceased in 1580, Andrea Palladio ranks 1. After him are Luís de Camões, Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Henry, King of Portugal, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Ruy López de Segura, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Inés Suárez, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, and Juliana of Stolberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Palladio ranks 128 out of 5,161. Before him are Guido of Arezzo (991), Terence Hill (1939), Pope Adrian II (792), John Bosco (1815), Donato Bramante (1443), and Clare of Assisi (1193). After him are Pope Gregory XVI (1765), Paolo Veronese (1528), Cesare Borgia (1475), Pope Urban VII (1521), Andrea del Verrocchio (1435), and Pope Boniface VIII (1235).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Andrea Palladio ranks 4. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), Vitruvius (-75), and Donato Bramante (1443). After him are Leon Battista Alberti (1404), Renzo Piano (1937), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Michelozzo (1396), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Giacomo della Porta (1533), Guarino Guarini (1624), and Giuliano da Sangallo (1445).

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