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Alessandro Antonelli

1798 - 1888

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Alessandro Antonelli (July 14, 1798 – October 18, 1888) was an Italian architect of the 19th century. He was the most prominent Neoclassical 19th-century architect in Piedmont, with a long and prolific career that included designs for houses, churches and major urban planning schemes. His most famous works are the Mole Antonelliana in Turin, one of the tallest masonry structures ever erected, and both the Novara Cathedral and the Basilica of San Gaudenzio in Novara. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alessandro Antonelli is the 426th most popular architect (down from 381st in 2019), the 3,632nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,402nd in 2019) and the 61st most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Alessandro Antonelli ranks 426 out of 518Before him are Kaare Klint, Frederick Catherwood, Enric Miralles, Ventura Rodríguez, Hermann Bollé, and Momik. After him are Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Ernő Goldfinger, Toros Toramanian, Massimiliano Fuksas, James of Saint George, and Wivi Lönn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Alessandro Antonelli ranks 51Before him are Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, Karl von Holtei, Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Alexander Brullov, and Ditlev Blunck. After him are Christoph Gudermann, Melchior von Diepenbrock, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Andrea Maffei, Jacques Jasmin, and Gustav Rose. Among people deceased in 1888, Alessandro Antonelli ranks 72Before him are Hippolyte Carnot, Francesco Faà di Bruno, François Perrier, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, and Jules d'Anethan. After him are Amos Bronson Alcott, Arsène Darmesteter, Henry James Sumner Maine, Yuriy Fedkovych, Jan van Beers, and George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Antonelli ranks 3,633 out of 5,161Before him are Vincent Gardenia (1920), Giovanna Amati (1959), Manlio Di Rosa (1914), Imerio Massignan (1937), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (1968), and Maria Angela Ardinghelli (1728). After him are Andrea Montermini (1964), Rudolph Schadow (1786), Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus (138), Donato Bilancia (1951), Giovanni Lodetti (1942), and Claudio Chiappucci (1963).

Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Alessandro Antonelli ranks 61Before him are Benedetto Antelami (1150), Antonio Rinaldi (1709), Francesco Laparelli (1521), Giuseppe Piermarini (1734), Mario Bellini (1935), and Paolo Soleri (1919). After him are Massimiliano Fuksas (1944), Franco Albini (1905), Paolo Portoghesi (1931), and Luigi Negri (1956).