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Luigi Vanvitelli

1700 - 1773

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Luigi Vanvitelli (Italian pronunciation: [luˈiːdʒi vaɱviˈtɛlli]; 12 May 1700 – 1 March 1773), known in Dutch as Lodewijk van Wittel (IPA: [ˈloːdəʋɛik fɑɱ ˈʋɪtəl]), was an Italian architect and painter. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practised a sober classicising academic Late Baroque style that made an easy transition to Neoclassicism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Vanvitelli is the 195th most popular architect (up from 196th in 2019), the 2,063rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,068th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Luigi Vanvitelli ranks 195 out of 518. Before him are Hans Poelzig, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Bernard Tschumi, Ödön Lechner, Alexander Tamanian, and Nora Stanton Barney. After him are John Nash, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Jacques Lemercier, Jan Gehl, Quatremère de Quincy, and Matthias of Arras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Luigi Vanvitelli ranks 15. Before him are James Thomson, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Jean-Antoine Nollet, and Clemens August of Bavaria. After him are Gerard van Swieten, Joannicius III of Constantinople, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and Picander. Among people deceased in 1773, Luigi Vanvitelli ranks 8. Before him are Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, Johann Joachim Quantz, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Anton Janša, Paisius of Hilendar, and Ali Bey al-Kabir. After him are Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Philibert Commerson, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Stanisław Konarski, Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, and Alexis Piron.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Vanvitelli ranks 2,063 out of 5,161. Before him are Charles I, Lord of Monaco (1300), Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587), Isabella of Clermont (1424), Welf I, Duke of Bavaria (1035), Eugénie de Beauharnais (1808), and Roberto Bettega (1950). After him are Valeria Golino (1965), Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663), Virginia de' Medici (1568), Francesco Algarotti (1712), Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis (-600), and Elisabetta Gonzaga (1471).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Luigi Vanvitelli ranks 30. Before him are Pier Luigi Nervi (1891), Carlo Scarpa (1906), Antonio Sant'Elia (1888), Lina Bo Bardi (1914), Carlo Rainaldi (1611), and Michele Sanmicheli (1484). After him are Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447), Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455), Nicola Salvi (1697), Vittorio Gregotti (1927), Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802), and Giuseppe Terragni (1904).

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