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Kolyu Ficheto

1800 - 1881

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Nikola Fichev (Bulgarian: Никола Фичев; 1800 in Direnova, Ottoman Empire – 1881 in Veliko Tarnovo, Principality of Bulgaria), commonly known as Kolyo Ficheto (Bulgarian: Колю Фичето) or with his Turkish honorific Usta (Master) Kolyo Ficheto, was a Bulgarian National Revival architect, builder and sculptor born in Dryanovo (then called Direnova) in 1800. Left an orphan without a father at the age of three, Kolyu Ficheto was taught craftsmanship by the masterhands in the Trevne town (today Tryavna) since he was ten. He learned stonecutting in the town of Görice (today Korçë in Albania) when he was 17, and then mastered the construction of churches, bell towers and bridges from the craftsmen in Bratsigovo. Kolyu Ficheto became a journeyman at the age of 23 and was fully recognized as a master craftsman by the whole builders' guild at 36. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kolyu Ficheto is the 450th most popular architect (up from 462nd in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Bulgaria and the 2nd most popular Bulgarian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Kolyu Ficheto ranks 450 out of 518. Before him are Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Vasily Bazhenov, Johann Friedrich Höger, Charles Robert Cockerell, Paolo Portoghesi, and Julia Morgan. After him are Nikolay Lvov, Kiyonori Kikutake, Ferdinand Boberg, Alexander Kokorinov, Richard Knill Freeman, and Alejandro Aravena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Kolyu Ficheto ranks 78. Before him are Ayub Shah Durrani, Said bin Ahmad, Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, Zinovios Valvis, and George Bancroft. After him are George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, Juan Francisco de Vidal, Caleb Cushing, Peter the Aleut, Edward Bouverie Pusey, and Henry Hutchinson. Among people deceased in 1881, Kolyu Ficheto ranks 79. Before him are Jānis Cimze, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, George Borrow, Gustav Neumann, Isaac Israel Hayes, and Samuel Palmer. After him are Maurice Raynaud, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Alexandru G. Golescu, Josip Jurčič, James Collinson, and Franz von Dingelstedt.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Kolyu Ficheto ranks 225 out of 415. Before him are Tsvetanka Khristova (1962), Boris Gaganelov (1941), Aleksandar Shalamanov (1941), Kiril Metkov (1965), Konstantin Stoilov (1853), and Ivan Davidov (1943). After him are Nikola Kovachev (1934), Ekaterina Karavelova (1860), Ivan Vutsov (1939), Anton Donchev (1930), Volen Siderov (1956), and Plamen Oresharski (1960).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Bulgaria

Among architects born in Bulgaria, Kolyu Ficheto ranks 2. Before him are Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis (1913). After him are Sunay Erdem (1971).

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