Architecture
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
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Smolny Convent
Designed Smolny Convent and its blue-and-white cathedral (1748–1764), one of his last and most ambitious Petersburg projects.
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Stroganov Palace
Rebuilt Stroganov Palace on Nevsky Prospect (1753–1754) as a unified Late Baroque town palace for the Stroganov family.
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Vorontsov Palace
Built Vorontsov Palace (1749–1757) for Chancellor Mikhail Vorontsov; later adapted as a military school.
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Winter Palace
Designed the present Winter Palace (1754–1762) for Empress Elizabeth — the defining Late Baroque imperial residence and core of today’s Hermitage complex.
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