Stamatis Voulgaris | |
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Born | 1774 |
Died | 1842 |
Nationality | French |
Education | Collège des Quatre-Nations Atelier of Jacques-Louis David |
Occupation(s) | Military officer Urbanist Architect Painter |
Known for | Morea expedition (1828) First urban plan of the city of Patras, Greece (1829) |
Title | Lieutenant colonel of the French Army |
Honours | Knight of the Legion of Honour Knight of the Order of Saint Louis |
Stamatis Voulgaris or Stamati Bulgari (Greek: Σταμάτης Βούλγαρης), was a Greek painter, architect and the first urban planner of modern Greece. He was born in Lefkimmi in the island of Corfu, Venetian Ionian Islands in 1774, and died in 1842. He was also an officer in the French army and had been also granted French nationality.[1]