On February 19, 2014, a monument to Domenico Trezzini, designed by sculptor Pavel Ignatiev and architect Pavel Bogryantsev, was unveiled on Vasilievsky Island, opposite the Blagoveshchensky (Annunciation) Bridge. The monument is unique in many of its aspects.
Did you know that the Peter and Paul Fortress, the site of our “Architecture as Art” exhibition, has a fascinating history that links two famous figures from different fields?
The story of an angel on the spire of the Peter and Paul Cathedral and its first sketch by Domenico Trezzini.
St. Petersburg celebrates Domenico Trezzini's 350th anniversary in 2020. Lev Lurie, historian, journalist & writer, discovers the story of the first architect of the city.