Domenico Trezzini (Builder of St. Petersburg)

<BODY> <h2>Domenico Trezzini (Builder of St. Petersburg)</h2><br> <I>"Highly Recommended. This excellent production profiles the architect and planner of St. Petersburg, Russia, Domenico Trezzini. This reviewer can personally testify to the beauty, charm, and majesty of the city that Dostoevsky called 'the most premeditated.' The narration is an overall chronological retelling of the most salient points of Trezzini's life, illustrating views of the town of the architect's birth and the valley in which it sits, views of St. Petersburg and its environs, as well as historic plans, drawings, and engravings of the city. All of this is done exceptionally well."</I> -EMRO Review<BR> This is the biography of one of the great, though lesser known, architects in the world, Domenico Trezzini, whose name is inseparably linked to the construction of St. Petersburg in Russia. Born in Switzerland around 1670, Trezzini was trained as a builder mainly in Rome, and contracted to work for the Russian crown in 1703. He dedicated thirty years of his life and work not only to the construction of such famous structures as the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, the first Winter Palace, the Nevsky Abbey, and the Twelve Colleges, but also he designed the city's roads and overall concept of the residential buildings. Produced by TSI, Inc. 08DR JSCA 45 min. <A HREF="index.htm" target=_top>Home</a><br> </BODY>