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Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli

1700 - 1771

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Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Russian: Франче́ско Бартоломе́о (Варфоломе́й Варфоломе́евич) Растре́лли; 1700 in Paris, Kingdom of France – 29 April 1771 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was an Italian architect who worked mainly in Russia. He developed an easily recognizable style of Late Baroque, both sumptuous and majestic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli has received more than 169,448 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli is the 91st most popular architect (down from 82nd in 2019), the 1,044th most popular biography from France (down from 898th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Architect.

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli was a prolific Italian architect of the 18th century, who is most famous for his work on the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 91 out of 518. Before him are Mario Botta, Frei Otto, Gottfried Semper, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Sostratus of Cnidus, and Bartolomeo Ammannati. After him are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Mnesikles, Minoru Yamasaki, Arata Isozaki, Joseph Maria Olbrich, and Claude Nicolas Ledoux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 4. Before him are Daniel Bernoulli, Baal Shem Tov, and Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Clemens August of Bavaria, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, and Jean-Antoine Nollet. Among people deceased in 1771, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 4. Before him are Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Claude Adrien Helvétius, and Philip Miller. After him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Henri Pitot, Louis-Michel van Loo, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Alexei Razumovsky, John Bevis, Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Tobias Smollett.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 1,044 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Clément (1567), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Ernest Chausson (1855), Suzanne Lenglen (1899), Armand de Vignerot du Plessis (1696), and Émile Borel (1871). After him are Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862), Henri Lebesgue (1875), Danielle Darrieux (1917), Marie Duplessis (1824), Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), and Jean Gerson (1363).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ranks 13. Before him are François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Pierre Lescot (1515), Hector Guimard (1867), and Claude Perrault (1613). After him are Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), Lúcio Costa (1902), Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713), and Charlotte Perriand (1903).

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