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Carlo Maderno

1556 - 1629

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Carlo Maderno or Maderna (1556 – 31 January 1629) was an Italian architect, born in today's Ticino, Switzerland, who is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture. His façades of Santa Susanna, St. Peter's Basilica, and Sant'Andrea della Valle were of key importance in the evolution of the Italian Baroque. He often is referred to as the brother of sculptor Stefano Maderno, but this is not universally agreed upon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Maderno is the 32nd most popular architect (up from 33rd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Architect.

Carlo Maderno was a Renaissance architect who is most famous for designing the façade of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

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Among architects, Carlo Maderno ranks 32 out of 518. Before him are Frank Gehry, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Victor Horta, André Le Nôtre, Adolf Loos, and Santiago Calatrava. After him are Henry van de Velde, Rem Koolhaas, I. M. Pei, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Peter Behrens, and Ictinus.

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Among people born in 1556, Carlo Maderno ranks 2. Before him is Anne Hathaway. After him are Sophia Brahe, Joseph Calasanz, Adriaen de Vries, Paul Bril, Otto van Veen, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Jerzy Radziwiłł, and Tōdō Takatora. Among people deceased in 1629, Carlo Maderno ranks 2. Before him is Abbas the Great. After him are Gabriel Bethlen, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Pietro Bernini, Otto van Veen, Giorgi Saakadze, Mehmed III Giray, and Sigismondo d'India.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Carlo Maderno ranks 35 out of 1,015. Before him are Bruno Ganz (1941), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Albert Hofmann (1906), Jacob Burckhardt (1818), Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), and Joan Gamper (1877). After him are Felix Bloch (1905), Franz Mesmer (1734), Johann Jakob Balmer (1825), Paul Hermann Müller (1899), Jacques Necker (1732), and Carl Spitteler (1845).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Switzerland

Among architects born in Switzerland, Carlo Maderno ranks 3. Before him are Le Corbusier (1887), and Francesco Borromini (1599). After him are Domenico Fontana (1543), Peter Zumthor (1943), Mario Botta (1943), Hannes Meyer (1889), Max Bill (1908), Carlo Fontana (1638), Pietro Lombardo (1435), Bernard Tschumi (1944), and Pierre Jeanneret (1896).

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