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    Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Russian: Франче́ско Бартоломе́о (Варфоломе́й Варфоломе́евич) Растре́лли; 1700 in Paris, Kingdom of France – 29 April 1771...
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    Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1675 – 18 November 1744) was an Italian sculptor and architect. Born in Italy, he moved in 1716 to Russia, where he worked...
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    Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli on Tsaritsa's Meadow behind the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg. Neither building survives. It was in 1730 that Rastrelli designed...
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  • Olympic swimmer Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1675–1744), Italian sculptor who emigrated to Russia in 1716 Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700–1771), French-born...
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    the times of Peter the Great, whose death mask was taken by Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Also well known are the death masks of Nicholas I, and Alexander...
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    financed grandiose Baroque projects of her favourite architect, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, particularly in Peterhof Palace. The Winter Palace and the Smolny...
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    Catherine Palace (category Bartolomeo Rastrelli buildings)
    connected by four galleries with hanging gardens. Then in 1751, Bartolomeo Rastrelli undertook a major reconstruction effort, integrating several buildings...
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    Saint Petersburg, by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, 1748 Tsarskoe Selo, Pushkin, Russia, by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, 1749–1756 The debut of Russian...
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    Winter Palace (category Bartolomeo Rastrelli buildings)
    participated in designing the Winter Palace—most notably the Italian Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700–1771)—in what became known as the Elizabethan Baroque style...
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    Versailles landscaper André Le Nôtre, designed the gardens. Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli completed an expansion from 1747 to 1756 for Elizabeth of Russia...
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    St Andrew's Church, Kyiv (category Bartolomeo Rastrelli buildings)
    constructed between 1747 and 1754 to a design by the Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. It is a rare example of Elizabethan Baroque in Ukraine. Situated...
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    style Rocaille or Rococo style. The Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli is the key figure of this trend, which is still given the name 'Rastrellian...
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    Mariinskyi Palace (category Bartolomeo Rastrelli buildings)
    architect was Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the most eminent architect working in the Russian Empire at that time. One of the students of Rastrelli, Ivan Michurin...
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    Jelgava Palace (category Bartolomeo Rastrelli buildings)
    states. It was built in the 18th century based on the design of Bartolomeo Rastrelli as a residence for the Dukes of Courland in their capital of Mitau...
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    Annenhof (category Bartolomeo Rastrelli buildings)
    Winter Palace and Annenhof Summer Palace, both of them designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli and built in 1730–1731 on the order of Empress Anna of Russia. They...
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    construction continued until 1727 (assisted by Domenico Trezzini, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Georg Johann Mattarnovy and Jean-Baptiste Le Blond), when Menshikov...
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    June 2017. "Biography of Rastrelli, Francesco Bartolomeo in the Web Gallery of Art". www.wga.hu. "Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli". Tsarskoe Selo State Museum...
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    Grand Peterhof Palace by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli...
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    German architects to design it. He attracted Domenico Trezzini, Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond and Andreas Schlüter. To improve...
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    Bartolomeo Rastrelli, who was associated with the city of Stuttgart. The Rastrelli Cello Quartet performs in Europe, the U.S. and Russia. Rastrelli Vol...
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    Rundāle Palace (category Bartolomeo Rastrelli buildings)
    The old castle was demolished and constructed after the design of Bartolomeo Rastrelli started in 1736. Construction proceeded slowly because part of the...
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    Palace. Between 1751 and 1756 the reconstruction was led by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, and the present look of the palace has not changed much since then...
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    purposes. The window was designed by Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli for the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg in 1754. The true origin...
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    the architectural masterpieces of the Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, who also redesigned the Winter Palace, and created the Grand Catherine...
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    commissioned by Elizabeth of Russia and designed by architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1752. Although still used for coronation ceremonies, the Kremlin...
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    Castle of Ruhenthal projected by the distinguished Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Anna Ivanovna died in 1740, resulting in von Biron's exile to Siberia...
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    Stroganov Palace (category Bartolomeo Rastrelli buildings)
    Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia. The palace was built to Bartolomeo Rastrelli's designs for Baron Sergei Grigoriyevich Stroganov in 1753–1754. The...
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    entertainment pavilion in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia architected by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli had a rotunda interior Villa Capra "La Rotonda" by the Italian Renaissance...
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    The 18th-century taste for Rococo architecture led to the works of Bartolomeo Rastrelli and his followers. The most influential Russian architects of the...
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    Rodríguez. Stroganov Palace in Saint Petersburg, designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, completed. Pavillon du Butard in France, designed by Ange-Jacques...
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