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Giacomo Quarenghi

1744 - 1817

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Giacomo Quarenghi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo kwaˈreŋɡi; -ˈrɛŋɡi]; Russian: Джа́комо Кваре́нги, tr. Džákomo Kvaréngi, IPA: [ˈdʐakəmə kvɐˈrʲenʲɡʲɪ]; 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 73,869 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Giacomo Quarenghi is the 238th most popular architect (up from 246th in 2019), the 2,203rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,172nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 238 out of 424Before him are Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Adolf Meyer, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Robert de Cotte, Kazuyo Sejima, and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder. After him are Elissa Aalto, Charles Barry, Luigi Vanvitelli, Alexander Tamanian, Gae Aulenti, and Boris Iofan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 13Before him are Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Abigail Adams, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, and Marianna Martines. After him are Elbridge Gerry, Conrad Moench, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, and Nikolay Novikov. Among people deceased in 1817, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 24Before him are Usman dan Fodio, Étienne Méhul, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, and Jean-André Deluc. After him are Ibrahim Bey, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Andrea Appiani, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Policarpa Salavarrieta, and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 2,203 out of 4,668Before him are Pietro Lando (1462), Taddea Visconti (1351), Gianluca Zambrotta (1977), Anne Marie Martinozzi (1637), Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709), and Apostolo Zeno (1668). After him are Musa of Parthia (-40), Antonio Vivarini (1440), Federico Gravina (1756), Liutpert (680), Constantin Hansen (1804), and Cangrande I della Scala (1291).

Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Giacomo Quarenghi ranks 39Before him are Carlo Rainaldi (1611), Giuseppe Terragni (1904), Pirro Ligorio (1513), Nicola Salvi (1697), Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447), and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455). After him are Luigi Vanvitelli (1700), Gae Aulenti (1927), Bernardo Buontalenti (1531), Vittorio Gregotti (1927), Carlo Rossi (1775), and Bruno Zevi (1918).