Pietro Antonio Trezzini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pietro Antonio Trezzini

Russian architect

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1692

Place of Birth: Agno, Ticino, Switzerland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: architect

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Pietro Antonio Trezzini

  • Pietro Antonio Trezzini (???? ??????; 1692 – after 1760) was a Swiss architect from the Trezzini family who worked primarily in St.
  • Petersburg.
  • After several years of training in Milan, Trezzini arrived in St.
  • Petersburg (1726), perhaps summoned by a relative, Domenico Trezzini. Trezzini collaborated with Mikhail Zemtsov on several major projects, including the Feodorovskaya Church in the new part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
  • Trezzini's contributions to mid-18th century Russian architecture have been overshadowed by those of Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
  • His name is associated with modest, one-domed Baroque churches, such as St.
  • Sampson's Cathedral and the Prince Vladimir Church.
  • Most of his buildings later gave way to grander Neoclassical edifices.
  • After completing the pentacupolar Transfiguration Church, Trezzini went on leave to Italy (1751) where he entered the service of the Habsburgs.
  • He is last mentioned as living in St.
  • Petersburg in 1760.
  • St.
  • Clement's Church in Moscow and Vladimirskaya Church in St.
  • Petersburg are frequently cited as his last major commissions.

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