Peter and Paul Cathedral is the most celebrated work by Domenico Trezzini.

Domenico Trezzini (ca. 1670-1734) was a Swiss architect who elaborated the Petrine Baroque style of Russian architecture. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (476x640, 81 KB) 19th-century vintage postcard of St Peter and Pauls Cathedral in St Petersburg. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (476x640, 81 KB) 19th-century vintage postcard of St Peter and Pauls Cathedral in St Petersburg. ... The Peter and Paul Cathedral is located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. ... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Kikin Hall (1714), an example of private residence dating from Peter Is reign. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

Domenico was born in Astano, near Lugano, in the Italian speaking Ticino (at that time administered by the German speaking Cantons). He probably studied in Rome. Subsequently, as he was working in Denmark, he was offered by Peter I of Russia, among other architects, to design buildings in the new Russian capital city, St. Petersburg. Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland Lugano is a city in south-east Switzerland, in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. ... Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. ... A canton is: a territorial subdivision of a country (especially France or Quebec), see canton (subnational entity) the top inner quarter of a flag, see flag terminology a subordinary in heraldry occupying the (shield holders) upper right-hand (dexter) ninth of the field the name of a number of... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,823,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Portrait of Peter by Paul Delaroche Peter I (Russian: ) (10 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672– 28 January 1725 O.S.] ) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ... An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland...

Since 1703, when the city was founded, he substantially contributed to its most representative buildings. The Peter and Paul Fortress with the Peter and Paul Cathedral, the Twelve Collegia Building (now the headquarters of Saint Petersburg University) as well as Peter's Summer House count among his many achievements. He also helped found and design Kronstadt and the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ... The Peter and Paul Fortress (Петропавловская крепость) is in St. ... The Peter and Paul Cathedral is located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. ... Seal of Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Университет) one of the oldest Russian educational institutions, established in the city of Saint Petersburg on January 28, 1724 by decree of Peter the Great. ... The Summer House and Garden from the Moyka River The Summer Palace is the name of three Russian royal residences in St Petersburg, of which only one survives to the present. ... 1888 map of Kronstadt bay Kronstadt (Russian: Кронштадт; also Kronshtadt, Cronstadt) is a strongly fortified Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island, near the head of the Gulf of Finland, at 59° 59′ 30″ N, 29° 46′ 30″ E. It lies 20 miles west of Saint Petersburg, of which it is... View of the monastery in the early 19th century Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 at the southern end of the Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg to house the relics of Alexander Nevsky, patron saint of the newly-founded Russian capital. ...

Domenico Trezzini was very important for another aspect of Russian architectural history: in founding a school based on the European model, he laid the foundations for the development of the Petrine Baroque. This article is about the continent. ... Kikin Hall (1714), an example of private residence dating from Peter Is reign. ...

As a testimony of the cordial relationship that linked Domenico Trezzini with the Tsar, his son Pietro Antonio Trezzini (who also became a noted architect) had Peter I of Russia himself as a godfather. Tsar (Bulgarian цар, Russian царь, Serbian цар) ▶(?); often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the Bulgarian Empire in 913-1396/1422 and 1908-1946, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to... Portrait of Peter by Paul Delaroche Peter I (Russian: ) (10 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672– 28 January 1725 O.S.] ) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ...

References

• http://www.swissworld.org/eng/swissworld.html?siteSect=901&sid=3999430&rubricId=17140
• http://www.stpetersburg2003.ch/architects/main.php?lang=eng&id=171&limitpos_nav=&initial=&age=