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Lluís Domènech i Montaner

1850 - 1923

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Lluís Domènech i Montaner (Catalan pronunciation: [ʎuˈiz ðuˈmɛnək i muntəˈne]; 21 December 1850 – 27 December 1923) was a Catalan architect who was very much involved in and influential for the Catalan Modernisme català, the Art Nouveau/Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician. Born in Barcelona, he initially studied physics and natural sciences, but soon switched to architecture. He was registered as an architect in Barcelona in 1873. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lluís Domènech i Montaner is the 89th most popular architect (up from 98th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 307th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Architect.

Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Catalan architect who is most famous for designing the Sagrada Família, a Roman Catholic church in Barcelona.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 89 out of 518. Before him are Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Robert Venturi, Giuliano da Sangallo, Louis Kahn, Richard Rogers, and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. After him are Daniel Libeskind, Senenmut, Frei Otto, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Hector Guimard, and Mnesikles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 20. Before him are Mihai Eminescu, Pierre Loti, Luigi Cadorna, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Oliver Heaviside, and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. After him are Frances Xavier Cabrini, William Morris Davis, Lafcadio Hearn, Besarion Jughashvili, Ignác Goldziher, and César Ritz. Among people deceased in 1923, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 24. Before him are Edward Emerson Barnard, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Pierre Loti, Princess Louise of Prussia, James Dewar, and Hertha Ayrton. After him are Katherine Mansfield, Edith Södergran, Raymond Radiguet, Milena Vukotić, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, and Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 292 out of 3,355. Before him are Ibn al-Baitar (1197), Rafael Nadal (1986), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Urraca of León (1081), Ildefons Cerdà (1815), and Muhammad I of Córdoba (823). After him are Mercè Rodoreda (1908), Blanche I of Navarre (1387), Ernesto Valverde (1964), Postumus (250), Iker Casillas (1981), and Carles Rexach (1947).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Spain

Among architects born in Spain, Lluís Domènech i Montaner ranks 3. Before him are Antoni Gaudí (1852), and Santiago Calatrava (1951). After him are Ricardo Bofill (1939), Rafael Moneo (1937), Juan de Herrera (1530), Alonzo Cano (1601), Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1867), Muhammad V of Granada (1339), Josep Lluís Sert (1902), Félix Candela (1910), and José Benito de Churriguera (1665).

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