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Lorenzo Gafà

1630 - 1704

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Lorenzo Gafà (1639–1703) was a Maltese Baroque architect and sculptor. He designed many churches in the Maltese Islands, including St. Paul's Cathedral in Mdina and the Cathedral of the Assumption in Victoria, Gozo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorenzo Gafà has received more than 25,394 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Lorenzo Gafà is the 342nd most popular architect (up from 413th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Malta (up from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Maltese Architect.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Lorenzo Gafà ranks 342 out of 518. Before him are Herman Sörgel, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Antonio Rinaldi, Heinrich von Ferstel, Giuseppe Valadier, and Thomas Telford. After him are Georges Candilis, Girolamo Cassar, Frederick Law Olmsted, Francesco Sabatini, George Bähr, and Jakob Prandtauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Lorenzo Gafà ranks 21. Before him are Roche Braziliano, Pierre Daniel Huet, Maria van Oosterwijck, Nikolay Diletsky, Guru Har Rai, and Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Silvestro Valier, Jean Richer, Sultan Bahu, Kaibara Ekken, and Lucy Walter. Among people deceased in 1704, Lorenzo Gafà ranks 19. Before him are Francesco Provenzale, John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, Agnes Block, Menno van Coehoorn, Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, and Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Louis Bourdaloue, John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, and Louis Hennepin.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Lorenzo Gafà ranks 17 out of 71. Before him are Anthony Mamo (1909), Saint Publius (100), Prosper Grech (1925), Nicolas Isouard (1775), Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964), and Maria de Dominici (1645). After him are Dom Mintoff (1916), Melchiorre Cafà (1636), Girolamo Cassar (1520), Lawrence Gonzi (1953), Paul Xuereb (1923), and Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (1932).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Malta

Among architects born in Malta, Lorenzo Gafà ranks 1. After him are Girolamo Cassar (1520).

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