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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 42,292 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Giuseppe Piermarini is the 394th most popular architect (down from 367th in 2019), the 3,441st most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,184th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Italian Architect.

Memorability Metrics

  • 42k

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  • 49.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Giuseppe Piermarini has had the most page views in the with 16,910 views, followed by English (4,679), and French (1,799). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (66.67%), Estonian (61.60%), and Malagasy (60.84%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 394 out of 518. Before him are Daniel Burnham, Aurelio Galfetti, Max Berg, Vasily Stasov, Kunio Maekawa, and Walter Burley Griffin. After him are Hermann Bollé, Juan Gómez de Mora, John Hejduk, Michel de Klerk, Andrey Voronikhin, and Arnold Bode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 27. Before him are Anton Janša, Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Francisco Bayeu y Subías, and Ralph Abercromby. After him are Robert Morris, Peter Perez Burdett, Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, and Thomas McKean. Among people deceased in 1808, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 24. Before him are Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, Alexander Dalrymple, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, José Celestino Mutis, and Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester. After him are John Wilkinson, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Carl Hindenburg, and Fisher Ames.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 3,441 out of 5,161. Before him are Gianni Motta (1943), Francesco Moraglia (1953), Giovanni Battista Zupi (1589), Piero Carini (1921), Benedicta Boccoli (1966), and Aldo Serena (1960). After him are Alberto Braglia (1883), Rossella Falk (1926), Miki Biasion (1958), Dorino Serafini (1909), Riccardo Montolivo (1985), and Giuseppe Delfino (1921).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Giuseppe Piermarini ranks 62. Before him are Mario Bellini (1935), Francesco Laparelli (1521), Alessandro Antonelli (1798), Paolo Soleri (1919), Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480), and Massimiliano Fuksas (1944). After him are Franco Albini (1905), Paolo Portoghesi (1931), and Luigi Negri (1956).

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