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Giacomo Quarenghi

1744 - 1817

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Giacomo Quarenghi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo kwaˈreŋɡi, -ˈrɛŋɡi]; Russian: Джа́комо Кваре́нги, romanized: Džákomo Kvaréngi, IPA: [ˈdʐakəmə kvɐˈrʲenɡʲɪ]; 20 or 21 September 1744 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1817) was an Italian architect who was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of neoclassical architecture in Imperial Russia, particularly in Saint Petersburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giacomo Quarenghi has received more than 81,449 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Giacomo Quarenghi is the 222nd most popular architect (up from 237th in 2019), the 2,195th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,198th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 222 out of 518. Before him are Quatremère de Quincy, Félix Candela, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Kazuyo Sejima, Matthias of Arras, and Muhammad V of Granada. After him are Pierre Jeanneret, Aldo van Eyck, Giuseppe Terragni, Carlo Rainaldi, Jean Prouvé, and Alexey Shchusev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 12. Before him are Pierre Méchain, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Abigail Adams, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, and Conrad Moench. After him are Elbridge Gerry, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Marianna Martines, and Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin. Among people deceased in 1817, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 23. Before him are Theroigne de Mericourt, Usman dan Fodio, Étienne Méhul, Ibrahim Bey, Andrea Appiani, and Duke Louis of Württemberg. After him are Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Jean-André Deluc, Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Policarpa Salavarrieta, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, and Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 2,195 out of 5,161. Before him are Marco d'Aviano (1631), Gian Piero Gasperini (1958), Isabella Leonarda (1620), Oliviero Carafa (1430), Cigoli (1559), and Felice Romani (1788). After him are Roger of Salerno (1100), Prospero Fontana (1512), Giacinto Scelsi (1905), Paolo Sarpi (1552), Mariangela Melato (1941), and Godepert (610).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 33. Before him are Pier Luigi Nervi (1891), Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802), Gio Ponti (1891), Michele Sanmicheli (1484), Luigi Vanvitelli (1700), and Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447). After him are Giuseppe Terragni (1904), Carlo Rainaldi (1611), Pirro Ligorio (1513), Nicola Salvi (1697), Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455), and Gae Aulenti (1927).

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