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Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

1507 - 1573

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Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (UK: vin-YOH-lə, US: veen-, Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo baˈrɔttsi da (v)viɲˈɲɔːla]; 1 October 1507 – 7 July 1573), often simply called Vignola, was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome. The three architects who spread the Italian Renaissance style throughout Western Europe are Vignola, Serlio and Palladio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola has received more than 153,943 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola is the 43rd most popular architect (down from 42nd in 2019), the 641st most popular biography from Italy (down from 626th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Architect.

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola is most famous for his design of the Villa Farnese in Caprarola, Italy.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ranks 43 out of 518. Before him are Rem Koolhaas, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Hippodamus of Miletus, I. M. Pei, Kenzō Tange, and Callicrates. After him are Michelozzo, Vladimir Tatlin, Arne Jacobsen, Ferdinand Cheval, Arnolfo di Cambio, and Jean Nouvel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1507, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ranks 4. Before him are Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, and Jiajing Emperor. After him are Altan Khan, Jacques Arcadelt, Inés Suárez, Johannes Sturm, Bálint Bakfark, Ferrante Gonzaga, Alvise I Mocenigo, and Marie of Baden-Sponheim. Among people deceased in 1573, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ranks 3. Before him are Takeda Shingen, and Fatma Sultan. After him are Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, Rafael Bombelli, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Matija Gubec, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Azai Nagamasa, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Michel de l'Hôpital, and Malyuta Skuratov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ranks 641 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Boniface II (470), Libius Severus (420), Marozia (890), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), Vittorio Gassman (1922), and Giorgio Agamben (1942). After him are Luca Signorelli (1450), Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), Luigi Riva (1944), Statius (40), and Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ranks 7. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), Vitruvius (-75), Donato Bramante (1443), Andrea Palladio (1508), Leon Battista Alberti (1404), and Renzo Piano (1937). After him are Michelozzo (1396), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Giacomo della Porta (1533), Guarino Guarini (1624), Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), and Aldo Rossi (1931).

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