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Pirro Ligorio

1513 - 1583

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Pirro Ligorio (c. 1512 – October 30, 1583) was an Italian architect, painter, antiquarian, and garden designer during the Renaissance period. He worked as the Vatican's Papal Architect under Popes Paul IV and Pius IV, designed the fountains at Villa d’Este at Tivoli for Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este, and served as the Ducal Antiquary in Ferrara. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pirro Ligorio has received more than 67,012 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Pirro Ligorio is the 235th most popular architect (down from 221st in 2019), the 2,284th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,110th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Pirro Ligorio ranks 235 out of 518. Before him are Konstantin Melnikov, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Robert de Cotte, Friedrich von Schmidt, Tony Garnier, and Adolf Meyer. After him are Luciano Laurana, Archibald Leitch, Nicola Salvi, Imre Steindl, Cedric Gibbons, and Hermann Muthesius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1513, Pirro Ligorio ranks 5. Before him are Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Jacques Amyot, and Louis, Duke of Montpensier. After him are Michael Baius, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, and Daniele Barbaro. Among people deceased in 1583, Pirro Ligorio ranks 11. Before him are Oichi, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Shibata Katsuie, Ivan Fyodorov, Surdas, and Oda Nobutaka. After him are Andrey Kurbsky, Antoinette de Bourbon, Juan de Garay, Humphrey Gilbert, Zacharias Ursinus, and Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pirro Ligorio ranks 2,284 out of 5,161. Before him are Martino Martini (1614), Domenico Selvo (1100), Charles, Duke of Calabria (1298), Olimpia Maidalchini (1591), Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena (1660), and Taddea Visconti (1351). After him are Appius Claudius Crassus (-550), Francesco Erizzo (1566), Giorgio Perlasca (1910), Salvadore Cammarano (1801), Lucia Anguissola (1536), and Bruno Rossi (1905).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Pirro Ligorio ranks 36. Before him are Michele Sanmicheli (1484), Luigi Vanvitelli (1700), Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447), Giacomo Quarenghi (1744), Giuseppe Terragni (1904), and Carlo Rainaldi (1611). After him are Nicola Salvi (1697), Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455), Gae Aulenti (1927), Giovanni Giocondo (1433), Vittorio Gregotti (1927), and Bernardo Buontalenti (1531).

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