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Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Russian: ??????´??? ?????????´? ??????´???) was a RussiaRussia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia....
n architect of ItalianItaly

Italy, officially the Italian Republic , is a Southern European country....
 origin. He developed an easily recognizable style of late baroqueBaroque architecture

Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance archite...
, both sumptuous and majestic. His major works, including the Winter PalaceWinter Palace

Located between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, the Winter Palace in St....
 in Saint PetersburgFacts About Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg listen is a city located in northwestern Russia on the delta of the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf...
 and the Catherine PalaceCatherine Palace

The Catherine Palace is the Baroque summer residence of the Russian tsars, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, 25 km east...
 in Tsarskoye SeloTsarskoye Selo

Tsarskoye Selo is a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility 24 km south of St. Peter...
, are famed for extravagant luxury and opulence of decoration.

Bartolomeo went to Russia in 1715 with his father, Italian sculptor Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli. His ambition was to combine the latest Italian architectural fashion with traditions of the Muscovite baroque style. The first important commission came in 1721 when he was asked to build a palace for Prince Demetre Cantemir, former ruler of MoldaviaMoldavia

Moldavia is a geographical and historical region in north-eastern Romania....
. He was known in Russia as Varfolomei Varfolomeyevich Rastrelli.

Rastrelli was appointed to the post of senior court architect in 1730.






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1756   Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.






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Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Russian: ??????´??? ?????????´? ??????´???) was a RussiaRussia

Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia....
n architect of ItalianItaly

Italy, officially the Italian Republic , is a Southern European country....
 origin. He developed an easily recognizable style of late baroqueBaroque architecture

Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance archite...
, both sumptuous and majestic. His major works, including the Winter PalaceWinter Palace

Located between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, the Winter Palace in St....
 in Saint PetersburgFacts About Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg listen is a city located in northwestern Russia on the delta of the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf...
 and the Catherine PalaceCatherine Palace

The Catherine Palace is the Baroque summer residence of the Russian tsars, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, 25 km east...
 in Tsarskoye SeloTsarskoye Selo

Tsarskoye Selo is a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility 24 km south of St. Peter...
, are famed for extravagant luxury and opulence of decoration.

Bartolomeo went to Russia in 1715 with his father, Italian sculptor Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli. His ambition was to combine the latest Italian architectural fashion with traditions of the Muscovite baroque style. The first important commission came in 1721 when he was asked to build a palace for Prince Demetre Cantemir, former ruler of MoldaviaMoldavia

Moldavia is a geographical and historical region in north-eastern Romania....
. He was known in Russia as Varfolomei Varfolomeyevich Rastrelli.

Rastrelli was appointed to the post of senior court architect in 1730. His works found favour with female monarchs of his time, so he retained this post throughout the reigns of Empresses AnnaAnna of Russia

Anna Ivanovna reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740....
 (1730-1740) and ElizabethElizabeth of Russia

Yelizaveta Petrovna , also known as Elizabeth, was an Empress of Russia who took the country into the War of Austri...
. His major works include:
  • 1730 - The Annenhof Palace in LefortovoLefortovo Overview

    Lefortovo could refer to a number of places or things in or around Moscow, Russia:...
    , Moscow demolished in the 19th century
  • 1733 - The first Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, subsequently demolished
  • 1736 - The Rundale PalaceRundale Palace

    Rundale Palace is the most important baroque palace in Latvia, situated at Pilsrundale, 12 km west of Bauska....
     for Ernst BironErnst Johann von Biron Summary

    Ernst Johann von Biron or Biren,, duke of Courland, was the grandson of a groom in the service of Jacob Kettler, Duke ...
    , Duke of CourlandCourland Summary

    Courland is an historical Baltic province now part of Latvia....
     and intimate friend of Empress Anna
  • 1738 - The in JelgavaJelgava

    Jelgava is a town in central Latvia about 41 km southwest of Riga with 66,087 inhabitants....
    , Courland, also for Biron
  • 1741 - The Summer Palace in St. Petersburg, demolished in 1797
  • 1747 - Expansion and renovation of the Grand PeterhofPeterhof

    Peterhof is a series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes called the "Russian V...
     Palace
  • 1747 - Winter Palace in the Moscow KremlinMoscow Kremlin Overview

    The Moscow Kremlin is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River, Red Square and...
    , replaced by the Grand Kremlin PalaceGrand Kremlin Palace

    The Grand Kremlin Palace, also translated Great Kremlin Palace, was built from 1837 to 1851 in Moscow, Russia on the s...
     in the 19th century
  • 1749 - The Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg
  • 1749 - The Church of Saint AndrewSaint Andrew Summary

    Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle, brother of...
     in KievKiev

    Kiev, also written as Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the co...
  • 1749 - The in St. Petersburg
  • 1752 - 1756 - Demolitionthe and replacement of the old Catherine PalaceCatherine Palace

    The Catherine Palace is the Baroque summer residence of the Russian tsars, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, 25 km east...
     in Tsarskoye SeloTsarskoye Selo

    Tsarskoye Selo is a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility 24 km south of St. Peter...
     by a new one.
  • 1752 - The Mariyinsky PalaceFacts About Mariyinsky Palace

    Mariyinsky Palace in Kiev is a picturesque Baroque palace on the hilly bank of the Dnieper River....
     in KievKiev

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     (now the ceremonial residence of the President of UkrainePresident of Ukraine

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    )
  • 1753 - The on the Nevsky ProspektNevsky Prospekt

    Nevsky Prospekt, or the Neva Avenue, is the main street in the city of St Petersburg....
    , St. Petersburg
  • 1753 - The Winter PalaceWinter Palace

    Located between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, the Winter Palace in St....
     in St. Petersburg


Rastrelli's last and most ambitious project was the in St. Petersburg where Empress Elizabeth was to spend the rest of her life. The projected bell-tower was to become the tallest building in St Petersburg and all of Russia. Elizabeth's death in 1762 prevented Rastrelli from completing this grand design.

The new empress, Catherine IICatherine II of Russia

Catherine II of Russia, called the Great , born Sophie Augusta Frederike of Anhalt-Zerbst) sometimes referred to ...
, dismissed baroque architectureBaroque architecture

Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance archite...
 as an old-fashioned "whipped cream", and the aged architect had to retire to Courland where he supervised decoration of the ducal palaces.

His last years were spent in obscure commerce with Italian art-dealers. He was elected to the Imperial Academy of ArtsImperial Academy of Arts

The Imperial Academy of Arts, informally known as St Petersburg Academy of Arts, was opened by Count Ivan Shuvalov und...
 several months before his death. A squareTown square

A town square is an open area commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings....
 before the SmolnySmolny

The Smolny Institute is the Palladian edifice in St Petersburg, which has played a major part in the Russian history....
 convent bears Rastrelli's name since 1923.

See also

  • Amber RoomAmber Room Overview

    The original Amber Room in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoe Selo near Saint Petersburg was a complete chamber decoration of ...