CARLO ROSSI
Carlo di Giovanni Rossi was born 18 December 1775 in Naples and was brought to Russia in his childhood when his mother, a well -known ballerina, was invited into Russia to perform. From youth he was connected with the world of
Vincenzo Brenna He trained in the studio of architect Vincenzo Brenna. In 1795 he entered the service of the admiralty board of architecture; as the assistant to Brenna, together with whom, it is assumed, he participated in the construction of Saint Michael's Castle in Saint Petersburg.
From 1802 to 1803 Rossi studied in Italy. In 1806 he obtained the title of architect and an office. In 1808 he was dispatched to the Kremlin archaeological expedition in Moscow, where he built St. Catherine's Church of the Ascension Convent and theater at Arbat Square, which burned to the ground during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. He was rewarded with the Order of St. Vladimir of IV degree. In 1814 he obtained the rank of Collegiate Councilor.
On 18 April 1849, he died of Cholera in Saint Petersburg. He was buried in the Volkov Lutheran cemetery. During the Soviet period, he was reburied at the necropolis St. Lazarus of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery with the same grave. The gift of the Government of the Italian Republic and the City of Milan, on the 300 th anniversary
WORKS Mikhailovsky Palace and the ensemble of Mikhailovskaya
The ensemble of Alexandrinskaya Square and
Palace Square (building of the General Staff)
AND HIS OTHER WORK: • Senate area (buildings of the Senate and Synod) • Marsovo field • "Coffee House" pavilion in the Summer Garden • Pavilion-pier in the Mikhailovsky garden • Pavilions in the garden of Anichkov Palace • St. Catherine Church of the Ascension Convent and Nikolskaya Tower in Kremlin • Military Gallery of the Winter Palace • Yelagin Palace • The façade of the Russian National Library, which faces Alexandrinskaya Square