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Giuseppe Terragni

1904 - 1943

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Giuseppe Terragni (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe terˈraɲɲi]; 18 April 1904 – 19 July 1943) was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism. His most famous work is the Casa del Fascio built in Como, northern Italy, which was begun in 1932 and completed in 1936; it was built in accordance with the International Style of architecture and frescoed by abstract artist Mario Radice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe Terragni has received more than 124,850 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Giuseppe Terragni is the 225th most popular architect (down from 219th in 2019), the 2,214th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,090th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Italian Architect.

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  • 5.37

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Giuseppe Terragni ranks 225 out of 518. Before him are Kazuyo Sejima, Matthias of Arras, Muhammad V of Granada, Giacomo Quarenghi, Pierre Jeanneret, and Aldo van Eyck. After him are Carlo Rainaldi, Jean Prouvé, Alexey Shchusev, Konstantin Melnikov, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, and Robert de Cotte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Giuseppe Terragni ranks 112. Before him are Jacques Tourneur, Wang Ming, Margaret Bourke-White, Greer Garson, Arkady Gaidar, and Yulii Khariton. After him are Ding Ling, Juan José Arévalo, Coleman Hawkins, Leo Joseph Suenens, Ivar Ballangrud, and Ellen Church. Among people deceased in 1943, Giuseppe Terragni ranks 78. Before him are Frank Nitti, Aspazija, Edsel Ford, Aimo Cajander, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and Muhamed Mehmedbašić. After him are Eric Knight, Constantin Prezan, Maria Restituta Kafka, Zabel Yesayan, Vladimir Kokovtsov, and Yekaterina Budanova.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Terragni ranks 2,214 out of 5,161. Before him are Federico Gravina (1756), Publius Decius Mus (-400), Mario Brega (1923), Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (1939), Francesco Feo (1691), and Leandro Bassano (1557). After him are Carlo Rainaldi (1611), Octavia the Elder (-100), Enrico Letta (1966), Artemio Franchi (1922), Bruno Munari (1907), and Marcus Livius Drusus (-200).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Giuseppe Terragni ranks 34. Before him are Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802), Gio Ponti (1891), Michele Sanmicheli (1484), Luigi Vanvitelli (1700), Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447), and Giacomo Quarenghi (1744). After him are Carlo Rainaldi (1611), Pirro Ligorio (1513), Nicola Salvi (1697), Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455), Gae Aulenti (1927), and Giovanni Giocondo (1433).

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