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Michele Sanmicheli

1484 - 1559

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Michele Sanmicheli, sometimes also transcribed as Sammicheli, Sanmichele or Sammichele (Verona, 1484 - Verona, 1559), was an Italian architect and urban planner who was a citizen of the Republic of Venice. After staying in Rome to complete his education studying the art of Bramante, Raphael, Sansovino, and Sangallo, he returned to Verona, where he received numerous prestigious commissions throughout his life. Hired by the Serenissima as a military architect, he designed numerous fortifications in the vast Venetian republic, thus ensuring a great reputation for himself. His works can be found in Venice, Verona, Bergamo, and Brescia, and he worked extensively in Dalmatia, in Zadar and Šibenik, Crete, and Corfu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michele Sanmicheli is the 173rd most popular architect (up from 186th in 2019), the 1,903rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,960th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 173 out of 518Before him are Paul Andreu, Jacob van Campen, Carlo Rainaldi, Hassan Fathy, William Burges, and Lilly Reich. After him are Richard Neutra, Ur-Nanshe, Aristobulus of Cassandreia, Muhammad V of Granada, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and Kisho Kurokawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 13Before him are Sebastian Cabot, Matteo Bandello, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Mascarenhas. After him are Jón Arason, Il Pordenone, Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, Estêvão Gomes, Franciabigio, and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch. Among people deceased in 1559, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 13Before him are Beyhan Sultan, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Benvenuto Tisi, and Gelawdewos. After him are Robert Estienne, Wen Zhengming, Fatma Sultan, Christina Gyllenstierna, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, and Kanō Motonobu.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 1,903 out of 5,161Before him are Eugene de Blaas (1843), Giulia Tofana (1581), Humbert II, Count of Savoy (1065), Raginpert (662), Eugenio Beltrami (1835), and Andrea Sansovino (1467). After him are Giovanni Mocenigo (1409), Ippolito d'Este (1479), Nino Castelnuovo (1936), Ludovico Ludovisi (1595), Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922), and Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550).

Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Michele Sanmicheli ranks 29Before him are Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439), Pier Luigi Nervi (1891), Carlo Scarpa (1906), Antonio Sant'Elia (1888), Lina Bo Bardi (1914), and Carlo Rainaldi (1611). After him are Luigi Vanvitelli (1700), Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447), Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (1455), Nicola Salvi (1697), Vittorio Gregotti (1927), and Carl Ritter von Ghega (1802).