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Camillo Sitte

1843 - 1903

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Camillo Sitte (17 April 1843 – 16 November 1903) was an Austrian architect, painter and urban theorist whose work influenced urban planning and land use regulation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Camillo Sitte has received more than 113,091 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Camillo Sitte is the 120th most popular architect (down from 114th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Austria (down from 269th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Architect.

Camillo Sitte is most famous for his theory of town planning, which he published in his book "City Planning According to Artistic Principles" in 1866. He was a proponent of the idea that a city should be built with a hierarchy of streets, squares, and buildings, with the cathedral at the center.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Camillo Sitte ranks 120 out of 424. Before him are Aino Aalto, Eero Saarinen, Hans Hollein, Leo von Klenze, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and Filarete. After him are Gunnar Asplund, Balthasar Neumann, Albert Speer, Baldassare Longhena, James Stirling, and Ettore Sottsass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Camillo Sitte ranks 21. Before him are Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Benito Pérez Galdós, Richard Avenarius, Walther Flemming, and Georg von Hertling. After him are Oscar Montelius, Hermann Schwarz, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Hans Richter, Mariano Rampolla, and Elizabeth Stride. Among people deceased in 1903, Camillo Sitte ranks 20. Before him are Calamity Jane, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Gemma Galgani, Vasily Dokuchaev, and Draga Mašin. After him are Richard Jordan Gatling, Marcel Renault, Sabino Arana, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, Rudolf Lipschitz, and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Camillo Sitte ranks 294 out of 1,237. Before him are Guido von List (1848), Archduchess Barbara of Austria (1539), Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514), Richard Réti (1889), Toni Sailer (1935), and Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915). After him are Otto Robert Frisch (1904), Countess Georgina von Wilczek (1921), Lotte Lenya (1898), Bertha Pappenheim (1859), Adam Albert von Neipperg (1775), and Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Austria

Among architects born in Austria, Camillo Sitte ranks 5. Before him are Otto Wagner (1841), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), and Hans Hollein (1934). After him are Ettore Sottsass (1917), Richard Neutra (1892), Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Josef Frank (1885), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Christopher Alexander (1936), and Jakob Prandtauer (1660).

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