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Baldassare Longhena

1596 - 1682

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Baldassare Longhena (1598 – 18 February 1682) was an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of Baroque architecture of the period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baldassare Longhena has received more than 50,993 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Baldassare Longhena is the 114th most popular architect (up from 123rd in 2019), the 1,258th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,349th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Architect.

Baldassare Longhena is most famous for his work on the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute in Venice.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Baldassare Longhena ranks 114 out of 518. Before him are Ricardo Bofill, Lúcio Costa, Albert Speer, Hans Hollein, Philip Johnson, and Francesco di Giorgio Martini. After him are Eileen Gray, Theophil Hansen, Hemiunu, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Toyo Ito, and Peter Eisenman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Baldassare Longhena ranks 9. Before him are Frederick V of the Palatinate, Pietro da Cortona, Jan van Goyen, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Nicola Amati, and Pieter Claesz. After him are Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Peter Mogila, Johan Banér, Joan Blaeu, Jacob van Campen, and Constantijn Huygens. Among people deceased in 1682, Baldassare Longhena ranks 10. Before him are 5th Dalai Lama, Evliya Çelebi, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jacob Kettler, Johann Joachim Becher, and Avvakum. After him are Alessandro Stradella, Jean Picard, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Thomas Browne, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, and Gu Yanwu.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Baldassare Longhena ranks 1,258 out of 5,161. Before him are Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Scipione Borghese (1577), Sebastiano Venier (1496), Andrea Solari (1460), Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439), and Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812). After him are Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (-600), Giuseppe Saragat (1898), Pietro Cavallini (1240), Marcantonio Raimondi (1480), Ettore Majorana (1906), and Julia Drusilla (39).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Baldassare Longhena ranks 21. Before him are Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511), Filarete (1400), and Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439). After him are Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Lina Bo Bardi (1914), Filippo Juvarra (1678), Antonio Sant'Elia (1888), Carlo Scarpa (1906), and Pier Luigi Nervi (1891).

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