Domenico Quadri
Domenico Quadri (Domeniko/Dementiy Ivanovich Kvadri; Russian: Доменико/Дементий Иванович Квадри; 1772 – 1832)[1] was a Russian architect born in Switzerland. He was the author of many classical buildings and architectural ensembles in Saint Petersburg and its surroundings.
Biography[edit]
He was born on 2 October 1772 in Cassina (Agno), near Lugano in Switzerland’s Italian-speaking Ticino canton.[2] He worked on numerous palaces and private residences in Saint Petersburg, alongside his countrymen Giovanni Battista Belli-Bernasconi and Giovanni Battista Lucchini of Montagnola, and Gerolamo Rusca of Agno. He lived in Gatchina, where he was also responsible for many buildings.[1]
Father of a son Viktor, born in Russia, who became a major in the Tsarist army and married Antonina Alexeyvna Bibikova.[3] He was the grandfather of Vladimir Viktorovich Kvadri (1859-?), a Russian and Soviet military engineer and writer, and Viktor Viktorovich Kvadri (1861-1908), an important Russian military author and archaeologist.[4]
He returned from Russia in 1827 and died on 12 January 1833 in Milan.[2]
Works[edit]
- Sheremetyev Palace
- Razumovsky Palace
- Residences on Nevsky Prospekt[5]
- Shcherbatov Mansion (now the Kirovets Centre of Culture and Leisure).[6]
- Church of Saint Nicholas (Lutheran) in Gatchina.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Культура Ленинградской области". www.enclo.lenobl.ru. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ a b "Artisti II - QUAD-QUAG". www.artistiticinesi-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "Квадри В.В. - Выпускники - Училищe - Каталог статей - Школы военных инженеров в 1701 - 1960 годах". viupetra2.3dn.ru. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "Виктор Викторович Квадри". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ "The Palaces of Nevsky Prospekt". www.nevsky-prospekt.com.
- ^ "Больница Всех скорбящих - Кировский городок, Сталинский неоклассицизм, Архитектор Квадри Д. И., Плавов П. С., Шрётер_мл Л. Л., Стачек пр., 156". www.citywalls.ru. Retrieved 2018-05-16.