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Giuseppe Piermarini

1734 - 1808

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Giuseppe Piermarini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˌpjɛrmaˈriːni]; 18 July 1734 – 18 February 1808) was an Italian architect who trained with Luigi Vanvitelli in Naples and designed the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (1776–78), which remains the work by which he is remembered. Indeed, il Piermarini (with the masculine definite article preceding the architect's name) serves as an occasional journalistic synonym for the celebrated opera house. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe Piermarini has received more than 42,641 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Piermarini is the 368th most popular architect (down from 341st in 2019), the 3,194th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,893rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 368 out of 424Before him are Victor Baltard, Michel de Klerk, Vasily Bazhenov, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, James of Saint George, and Andrey Voronikhin. After him are Christoph Dientzenhofer, Tylman van Gameren, Carl Humann, Edward Blore, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, and Wang Shu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 28Before him are Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin, Francisco Bayeu y Subías, Anton Janša, George Romney, and Ralph Abercromby. After him are Peter Perez Burdett, Robert Morris, and Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II. Among people deceased in 1808, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 23Before him are Alexander Dalrymple, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, John Wilkinson, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, and José Celestino Mutis. After him are Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester and Fisher Ames.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 3,194 out of 4,668Before him are Pier Luigi Bersani (1951), Renato Rascel (1912), Mario David (1934), Guido Castelnuovo (1865), Alahis (700), and Pasqualino De Santis (1927). After him are Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Tommaso Salvadori (1835), Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna (1850), Antonio Pietrangeli (1919), Jason Connery (1963), and Giuseppe Signori (1968).

Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 58Before him are Antonio Rinaldi (1709), Giovanni da Udine (1487), Paolo Soleri (1919), Giuseppe Valadier (1762), Francesco Sabatini (1721), and Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480). After him are Massimiliano Fuksas (1944), Alessandro Antonelli (1798), Franco Albini (1905), and Luigi Negri (1956).