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Michele Sanmicheli

1484 - 1559

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Michele Sanmicheli, sometimes also transcribed as Sammicheli, Sanmichele or Sammichele (Verona, 1484 - Verona, 1559), was an Italian architect and urban planner who was a citizen of the Republic of Venice. After staying in Rome to complete his education studying the art of Bramante, Raphael, Sansovino, and Sangallo, he returned to Verona, where he received numerous prestigious commissions throughout his life. Hired by the Serenissima as a military architect, he designed numerous fortifications in the vast Venetian republic, thus ensuring a great reputation for himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michele Sanmicheli has received more than 42,469 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Michele Sanmicheli is the 186th most popular architect (down from 168th in 2019), the 1,960th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,762nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 186 out of 518. Before him are Eero Aarnio, François Blondel, John Nash, Paul Troost, Paul Andreu, and Pietro Lombardo. After him are James Hoban, Roberto Burle Marx, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Baysunghur, Carlo Fontana, and Hans Poelzig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 13. Before him are Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Mascarenhas. After him are Jón Arason, Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, Estêvão Gomes, Il Pordenone, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, and Franciabigio. Among people deceased in 1559, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 13. Before him are Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Benvenuto Tisi, and Robert Estienne. After him are Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Wen Zhengming, Fatma Sultan, Realdo Colombo, Christina Gyllenstierna, and Adam Ries.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 1,960 out of 5,161. Before him are Daniele De Rossi (1983), Saint Fabiola (400), Leopoldo de' Medici (1617), Piero Taruffi (1906), Marco Minghetti (1818), and Moschus (-200). After him are Democedes (-600), Marcel Bich (1914), Simone Boccanegra (1301), Aripert I (625), Roberto Bettega (1950), and Giuseppe De Santis (1917).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 30. Before him are Filippo Juvarra (1678), Antonio Sant'Elia (1888), Carlo Scarpa (1906), Pier Luigi Nervi (1891), Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802), and Gio Ponti (1891). After him are Luigi Vanvitelli (1700), Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447), Giacomo Quarenghi (1744), Giuseppe Terragni (1904), Carlo Rainaldi (1611), and Pirro Ligorio (1513).

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