Architecture
Giacomo Quarenghi
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Created here
Alexander Palace
Designed Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo (1792–1796) for Grand Duke Alexander (later Alexander I), a masterpiece of Russian Palladian classicism.
Created here
Hermitage Theatre
Designed the Hermitage Theatre (1783–1787) for Catherine the Great — the only surviving 18th-century theatre auditorium in St Petersburg.
Created here
Смольный институт
Designed the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens (1806–1808), which he regarded as one of the finest works of his later career.
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