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Giacomo della Porta

1533 - 1602

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Giacomo della Porta (1532–1602) was an Italian architect and sculptor, who worked on many important buildings in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giacomo della Porta has received more than 112,088 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Giacomo della Porta is the 57th most popular architect (down from 52nd in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from Italy (down from 662nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Architect.

Giacomo della Porta is most famous for being a Renaissance architect. He was born in 1533 and died in 1602. He is most famous for being the architect of St. Peter's Basilica.

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  • 64.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Giacomo della Porta ranks 57 out of 424. Before him are Carlo Maderno, Kenzō Tange, Isidore of Miletus, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, and Marcel Breuer. After him are Louis Le Vau, Aldo Rossi, Arnolfo di Cambio, Philip Johnson, Ricardo Bofill, and Jean Nouvel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Giacomo della Porta ranks 7. Before him are Elizabeth I of England, Michel de Montaigne, William the Silent, Stephen Báthory, Eric XIV of Sweden, and Ismail II. After him are Andrea Gabrieli, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Hieronymus Fabricius, Abdullah Khan II, and Mōri Terumoto. Among people deceased in 1602, Giacomo della Porta ranks 2. Before him is Agostino Carracci. After him are Renata of Lorraine, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Ii Naomasa, Li Zhi, Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha, Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Caspar Peucer, and Juan de Fuca.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacomo della Porta ranks 751 out of 4,668. Before him are Julius Evola (1898), Pope Severinus (600), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), Pope Leo VI (914), Vannozza dei Cattanei (1442), and Pope Romanus (850). After him are Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Jacopo Bellini (1396), Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590), Tarcisius (263), and Jacopo Sansovino (1486).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Giacomo della Porta ranks 11. Before him are Leon Battista Alberti (1404), Andrea Palladio (1508), Renzo Piano (1937), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Richard Rogers (1933), and Michelozzo (1396). After him are Aldo Rossi (1931), Arnolfo di Cambio (1240), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), Guarino Guarini (1624), and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668).

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